As the person who reported this bug, I suggest you now close it. Upstream has modified the documentation (node 21.1.7 of coreutils.info.gz)
I don't know in which version the correction first took place - the changelog is pretty terse on the subject - but it is correct in sarge coreutils 5.2.1-2. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]