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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 17:39:32 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-27 17:39:32 +0000 |
commit | 38d9436103a7096b65aea78ac3ce13fde6ed3d6e (patch) | |
tree | e1c1508e82e507359d00d84e768707dad5d76ada /debian/coreutils.NEWS | |
parent | Adding upstream version 8.32. (diff) | |
download | coreutils-debian.tar.xz coreutils-debian.zip |
Adding debian version 8.32-4.debian/8.32-4debian
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/debian/coreutils.NEWS b/debian/coreutils.NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9275358 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/coreutils.NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +coreutils (8.23-1) unstable; urgency=low + + GNU coreutils package now includes the `realpath' command that used to + be found in a separate `realpath' package. + + Even though the GNU version provides all the features of the old Debian + version, the behaviour is a bit different, namely: + + * GNU `realpath' and `realpath -s' commands require all but the + last path components to exist + + whereas: + + * Debian version of `realpath' required all the path components to exist; + * Debian version of `realpath -s' required no path components to exist. + + To get the old behaviour in GNU `realpath' an additional option needs + to be used: + + Old Debian realpath New GNU coreutils realpath + ----------------------- ---------------------------- + realpath file(s) => realpath -e file(s) + realpath -s file(s) => realpath -s -m file(s) + + -- Robert Luberda <robert@debian.org> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:08:14 +0200 + +coreutils (5.96-3) unstable; urgency=low + + * The POSIX compatibility level is now set to POSIX 1003.1-2001, + which affects the syntax for several commands. For transition + purposes, "sort +number" and "tail +number" will be supported + for the etch release. Note that these usages are deprecated, and + will be removed in etch+1; the recommended usage is "sort -k number" + and "tail -n +number". Also, "uniq +number" should be replaced with + "uniq -s number" and "touch number filename" should be replaced with + "touch -t number filename". To revert to the older syntax, set the + environment variable _POSIX2_VERSION to "199209". + + -- Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> Sat, 27 May 2006 12:56:18 -0400 + |