Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 01/03/2012 03:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > >> + df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would >> + print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and >> subsequent >> + columns far to the right. Now, when that long name refers to a symlink, >> + df prints the usually-short referent instead. > > I would change this: > > s/would print a long UUID-including file system name/ > could print long UUID-including file system names/ > > I usually try to make the first line of the NEWS entry a summary, like: > > df avoids long UUID-including file system names, in the default listing. > On recent enough kernel/tools, these long names can be used, pushing second > and subsequent columns far to the right. Now, when a long name refers > to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the > usually-short referent instead.
Thanks, modulo minor rewording: >From 2403b1caa51e59b442f80d223e4de6faecfcc5ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:33:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: adjust NEWS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * NEWS (New programs): Move this small section to the top. (df): Reword entry, from Pádraig Brady. --- NEWS | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index bc5a0a9..ed6f831 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** New programs + + realpath: print resolved file names. + ** Bug fixes du -x no longer counts root directories of other file systems. @@ -36,20 +40,17 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** Changes in behavior - df, with no non-option argument and recent enough kernel/tools, would - print a long UUID-including file system name, pushing second and subsequent - columns far to the right. Now, when that long name refers to a symlink, - df prints the usually-short referent instead. + df avoids long UUID-including file system names in the default listing. + With recent enough kernel/tools, these long names would be used, pushing + second and subsequent columns far to the right. Now, when a long name + refers to a symlink, and no file systems are specified, df prints the + usually-short referent instead. tail -f now uses polling (not inotify) when any of its file arguments resides on a file system of unknown type. In addition, for each such argument, tail -f prints a warning with the FS type magic number and a request to report it to the bug-reporting address. -** New programs - - realpath: print resolved file names. - * Noteworthy changes in release 8.14 (2011-10-12) [stable] -- 1.7.8.1.391.g2c2ad
