coreutils/doc/ChangeLog, branch v6.8

* coreutils.texi: @item -> @itemx to fix some typos.

2007-01-30T21:56:48Z

* coreutils.texi (mkdir invocation): Say how to set the file

2007-01-30T21:54:34Z

permission bits of a parent directory with mkdir -p.

Document new syntax: "chown +0:+287 file", "chgrp +99 file"

2007-01-29T17:09:57Z

* coreutils.texi (Disambiguating names and IDs): New section. (chown invocation, chgrp invocation): Mention the new syntax with an xref to the new section.

* coreutils.texi (ls: General output formatting): Mention the

2007-01-19T11:10:04Z

workarounds to accommodate the Apple Terminal bug.

[ChangeLog]

2007-01-04T10:52:52Z

When decoding, always allow newlines in input, with almost no performance impact. * src/base64.c (do_decode): Initialize decode context. Call base64_decode one more time, after all input is processed. (usage): When decoding, newlines are always accepted. * tests/misc/base64: Add a bunch of tests, for the above. * gl/lib/base64.c: Include . (base64_decode_ctx_init, get_4, decode_4): New functions. (base64_decode): Efficiently handle interspersed newlines. (base64_decode_alloc): Update signature. * gl/lib/base64.h (struct base64_decode_context): Define. (base64_decode_ctx_init): Add prototype. (base64_decode, base64_decode_alloc): Update prototypes. [doc/ChangeLog] * coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): When decoding, newlines are always accepted.

Document what the ".0" in e.g., "-k 2,3.0" means, and...

2007-01-03T11:04:24Z

* coreutils.texi (sort invocation): ... that it can be applied to the field-end spec, but not the field-start one. Patch from Evan Hunt. Signed-off-by: Jim Meyering

* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Specify that bs=N overrides only any

2006-12-21T10:13:48Z

_preceding_ ibs and obs settings. Spotted by Andreas Schwab.

* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Add to the description of cbs.

2006-12-21T09:24:51Z

* coreutils.texi (dd invocation): Improve the documentation

2006-12-21T09:18:58Z

for bs, ibs, obs, and cbs. Suggestion from Dan Jacobson. Patch by Olivier Delhomme.

chgrp, chown: Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference.

2006-12-14T14:41:50Z

* src/chgrp.c (main): Don't prohibit -RLh, aka -RL with --no-dereference. * src/chown.c (main): Likewise. * src/chown-core.c (change_file_owner): Add to a comment. * tests/chown/preserve-root: Add tests. * doc/coreutils.texi (Treating / specially): With --preserve-root, chgrp and chown will not modify "/", even through a symlink.