FYI,
Without the patch below, I'd get this warning when building coreutils with
gcc-4.6.0:
regex_internal.c: In function 're_string_reconstruct':
regex_internal.c:740:20: warning: variable 'buf' set but not used
[-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
>From 7873eb96d23bb7d369a0ac6cd5f8e811b0147b
Karl Berry writes:
> However, I also see no harm in looking at the first 20 lines instead
> of the first 10 lines to match the version.
yes, I agree with Karl here. The current implementation enforces a
policy that feels rather odd. A NEWS file that features the release
heading in line 10 is co
