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@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +User-visible changes since 2.8.7 (in "version" 2.8.7-cvs): + +* Bring back support for `diff -NUM', where NUM is a number, + even when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001. This change reverts to + the behavior of GNU diff 2.7 and earlier. This is a change only + when conforming to POSIX 1003.1-2001; there is no effect when + conforming to older POSIX versions. + + This change is in response to decisions taken in the January 2005 + Austin Group standardization meeting. For more details, please see + "Utility Syntax Guidelines" in the Minutes of the January 2005 + Meeting <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_239.html>. + Version 2.8.7 contains no user-visible changes. User-visible changes in version 2.8.6: |