On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 10:39 PM Pádraig Brady <p...@draigbrady.com> wrote: > I need to add some NEWS for this one: > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index d9ab04529..7c245f1a6 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- > outline -*- > > ** New Features > > + cksum now supports the -a (--algorithm) option to select any > + of the exiting sum, md5sum, b2sum, sha*sum implementations etc. > + cksum now has the superset functionality of all these utilities, > + and there will be no future standalone checksumming utilities introduced. > + > expr and factor now support bignums on all platforms. > > ls --classify now supports the "always", "auto", or "never" flags,
Nit: s/exiting/existing/ Also, maybe shorten and reword the final sentence to be active-voice? > cksum now subsumes all of these programs, > and coreutils will introduce no future standalone checksum utility.
