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.