* NEWS (Bug Fixes): mention that we now diagnose values for -L, -l and -n which are too large. (Documentation Changes): mention the accompanying changes to the xargs manual page. Also mention the fact that the STANDARDS CONFORMANCE now describes the effect of the -s option. Mention that Bernhard is listed as an author of the Texinfo manual. --- NEWS | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index dcdb91b5..efaa994f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,25 @@ GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes. -*- outline -*- (allout) * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug Fixes + + Xargs now issues an error when the argument to -L, -l or -n is + outside the supported range (i.e. greater than 18446744073709551615 + on 64-bit systems). Previously, it silently used the largest + supported value. The --show-limits option now shows the valid + range for the arguments to these options. + +** Documentation Changes + + Bernhard Voelker is credited as an author of the Texinfo manual. + + The STANDARDS CONFORMANCE section of the xargs manual page (in + addition to the Info documentation) now explicitly states that the + POSIX options -I, -L, -n and -s are supported and compliant. The + OPTIONS section of the manual page already documented these options, + of course. The STANDARDS CONFORMANCE section now also describes the + effect of the -s option. + ** Changes to the release process We now use the gnulib module readme-release which automates more of -- 2.47.3
