diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-12-14  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention the chmod fix induced by the 2006-12-11 change
+	to gnulib's m4/openat.m4.
+
 2006-12-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	Don't fail if mv/acl test succeeds.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7-dirty (????-??-??) [stable]
 
+** Bug fixes
+
+  chmod no longer fails in an environment (e.g., a chroot) with openat
+  support but with insufficient /proc support.
+
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7 (2006-12-08) [stable]