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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-04-21 19:07:02 +0100
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2023-04-21 19:13:52 +0100
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install: support stripping files with a leading hyphen
* src/install.c (strip): Prepend "./" to file names with a leading "-". * tests/install/strip-program.sh: Add a test case. * NEWS: Mention the bug fix. Reported in https://bugs.debian.org/1034429
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Bug fixes
+
+ install --strip now supports installing to files with a leading hyphen.
+ Previously such file names would have caused the strip process to fail.
+ [This bug was present in "the beginning".]
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 9.3 (2023-04-18) [stable]