diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3e3b863..b6b2ab8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ GNU diffutils NEWS -*- outline -*- * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug fixes + + cmp -i N no longer fails merely if N exceeds the maximum off_t value, + and no longer mishandles Linux tmpfs files when N is slightly less + than the maximum off_t value. + [bug present since "the beginning"] + + cmp -s no longer mishandles /proc files, for which the Linux kernel + reports a zero size even when nonempty. For example, the following + shell command now outputs nothing, as it should: + cp /proc/cmdline t; cmp -s /proc/cmdline t || echo files differ + [bug present since "the beginning"] + * Noteworthy changes in release 3.10 (2023-05-21) [stable] @@ -10,17 +23,6 @@ GNU diffutils NEWS -*- outline -*- cmp/diff can again work with file dates past Y2K38 [bug introduced in 3.9] - cmp -s no longer mishandles /proc files, for which the Linux kernel - reports a zero size even when nonempty. For example, the following - shell command now outputs nothing, as it should: - cp /proc/cmdline t; cmp -s /proc/cmdline t || echo files differ - [bug present since "the beginning"] - - cmp -i N no longer fails merely if N exceeds the maximum off_t value, - and no longer mishandles Linux tmpfs files when N is slightly less - than the maximum off_t value. - [bug present since "the beginning"] - diff -D no longer fails to output #ifndef lines. [bug#61193 introduced in 3.9]