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 [4.5.2]
+* `rm -i dir' (without --recursive (-r)) no longer recurses into dir
 * `tail -c N FILE' now works with files of size >= 4GB
 * `mkdir -p' can now create very deep (e.g. 40,000-component) directories
 * rmdir -p dir-with-trailing-slash/ no longer fails