coreutils/NEWS, branch v6.7

Version 6.7.

2006-12-07T23:03:00Z

* NEWS: Record release date. Remove '-pre' suffix. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Remove version string suffix.

cp -p now clears special bits if it fails to preserve owner or group

2006-12-07T07:10:35Z

* NEWS: Document the cp -p fix for special bits. * src/copy.c (set_owner): Now returns a three-way result, so that the caller can clear the special bits. All callers changed. (copy_reg): Don't set the special bits if chown failed. (copy_internal): Likewise. * tests/cp/special-bits: Test this fix. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering

* NEWS: Document the cp --preserve=ownership fix.

2006-12-06T19:44:08Z

* m4/jm-macros.m4 (coreutils_MACROS): Check for fchmod. * src/copy.c (fchmod_or_lchmod): New function. (copy_reg): New arg OMITTED_PERMISSIONS. All uses changed. Omit confusing and unused ", dst_mode" arg to 'open' without O_CREAT. When creating a file, use O_EXCL, so we're more likely to detect funny business by other processes. At the end, if permissions were omitted, chmod them back in. (copy_internal): If the ownership might change, omit some permissions at first, then restore them after chowning the file. * src/cp.c (make_dir_parents_private): Likewise. * src/copy.c (cached_umask): New function. * src/copy.h (cached_umask): New decl.

NEWS: the du bug affects coreutils-6.4, 6.5 and 6.6.

2006-12-06T12:18:43Z

* NEWS: du --one-file-system (-x) would skip subdirectories of any

2006-12-03T10:17:35Z

directory listed as second or subsequent command line argument. * tests/du/one-file-system: New file. Test for today's fts.c fix. * tests/du/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add one-file-system.

Post-release version change.

2006-11-22T15:15:02Z

* NEWS: Add a line for 6.7-pre. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump to 6.7 and add "-pre" suffix.

Version 6.6.

2006-11-22T11:40:57Z

* NEWS: Record release date. Remove "-pre" suffix. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Remove "-pre" suffix from version string.

* NEWS: Mention the three noteworthy changes, all fixed via gnulib.

2006-11-22T09:14:15Z

Post-release version change.

2006-11-19T18:44:23Z

* NEWS: Add a line for 6.6-pre. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Bump to 6.6 and add "-pre" suffix.

Version 6.5.

2006-11-19T09:58:55Z

* NEWS: Record release date. Remove "-cvs" suffix. * configure.ac (AC_INIT): Remove "-cvs" suffix from version string.