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@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*-
** Bug fixes
+ grep no longer silently suppresses errors when reading a directory
+ as if it were a text file. For example, "grep x ." now reports a
+ read error on most systems; formerly, it ignored the error.
+ [bug introduced in grep-2.5]
+
The --include, --exclude, and --exclude-dir options now handle
command-line arguments more consistently. --include and --exclude
apply only to non-directories and --exclude-dir applies only to