[2011-04-14 11:59:53 +1000] Allan McRae: > Upstream update: > > NEWS > > * Noteworthy changes in release 8.11 (2011-04-13) [stable] > > ** Bug fixes > > cp -a --link would not create a hardlink to a symlink, instead > copying the symlink and then not preserving its timestamp. > [bug introduced in coreutils-8.0] > > cp now avoids FIEMAP issues with BTRFS before Linux 2.6.38, > which could result in corrupt copies of sparse files. > [bug introduced in coreutils-8.10] > > cut could segfault when invoked with a user-specified output > delimiter and an unbounded range like "-f1234567890-". > [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0] > > du would infloop when given --files0-from=DIR > [bug introduced in coreutils-7.1] > > sort no longer spawns 7 worker threads to sort 16 lines > [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6] > > touch built on Solaris 9 would segfault when run on Solaris 10 > [bug introduced in coreutils-8.8] > > wc would dereference a NULL pointer upon an early out-of-memory error > [bug introduced in coreutils-7.1] > > ** New features > > dd now accepts the 'nocache' flag to the iflag and oflag options, > which will discard any cache associated with the files, or > processed portion thereof. > > dd now warns that 'iflag=fullblock' should be used, > in various cases where partial reads can cause issues. > > ** Changes in behavior > > cp now avoids syncing files when possible, when doing a FIEMAP copy. > The sync is only needed on Linux kernels before 2.6.39. > [The sync was introduced in coreutils-8.10] > > cp now copies empty extents efficiently, when doing a FIEMAP copy. > It no longer reads the zero bytes from the input, and also can > efficiently > create a hole in the output file when --sparse=always is specified. > > df now aligns columns consistently, and no longer wraps entries > with longer device identifiers, over two lines. > > install now rejects its long-deprecated --preserve_context option. > Use --preserve-context instead. > > test now accepts "==" as a synonym for "="
Signoff both. -- Gaetan
