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Re: Found and fixed bug in groups(1). Want the diff?


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: Re: Found and fixed bug in groups(1). Want the diff?
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:09:51 +0200

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> Here's a proposed patch.  Normally I'd just install this, but you're
> about to release a new version so I am holding off.
>
> 2006-09-26  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>       * NEWS: "groups user" no longer outputs "user :"; you need at least
>       two users.  "groups" now processes options like --help more compatibly.
>       * doc/coreutils.texi (groups invocation): "groups" no longer prefixes
>       the output with "user :" unless more than one user is specified.
>       * src/groups.sh: Implement the option-processing change.
>       Handle user and group names with special characters more robustly.
>       Report write errors instead of exiting silently with status 1.

Good changes.  Thanks!
Please check them in.
I'll wait at least until tomorrow before making the release.




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