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| author | Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@linbit.com> | 2012-09-22 20:34:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@linbit.com> | 2012-09-22 20:34:53 +0200 |
| commit | 89e5f702eb623c6715866b08fb5a02d4923d0993 (patch) | |
| tree | 56b1ee02cf309f66ba80e45a9382219e55370e0f | |
| parent | 3ccb16e10b7b4312e9b6096760ddc4c2d90194f2 (diff) | |
| download | patch-89e5f702eb623c6715866b08fb5a02d4923d0993.tar.gz | |
Update NEWS
* NEWS: Update.
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@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +* Two critical bug fixes in the "diff --git" format support. +* Various improvements to messages when applying a patch to a file of different + type (regular file vs. symlink), when there are line ending differences (LF + vs. CRLF), and when in --dry-run mode. +* When in the root directory, allow file names that are absolute or that + contain a component of "..". +* New --follow-symlinks option to allow to treat symlinks as files: this was + patch's behavior before version 2.7. +* Ignore when extended attributes cannot be preserved because they are + unsupported or because permission to set them is denied. +* License clarifications in NEWS and README. +* Portability bug fixes. + Changes in version 2.7: * Patch no longer gets a failed assertion for certain mangled patches. |