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diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index edb6300ba..7b65d049e 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
* Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
*/
-/*
+/* [date unknown. Perhaps before year 2000]
* To achieve a small memory footprint, this version of 'ls' doesn't do any
* file sorting, and only has the most essential command line switches
* (i.e., the ones I couldn't live without :-) All features which involve
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
*
* KNOWN BUGS:
* 1. ls -l of a directory doesn't give "total <blocks>" header
- * 2. ls of a symlink to a directory doesn't list directory contents
- * 3. hidden files can make column width too large
+ * 2. hidden files can make column width too large
*
* NON-OPTIMAL BEHAVIOUR:
* 1. autowidth reads directories twice
@@ -27,6 +26,9 @@
* appended, there's no need to stat each one
* PORTABILITY:
* 1. requires lstat (BSD) - how do you do it without?
+ *
+ * [2009-03]
+ * ls sorts listing now, and supports almost all options.
*/
#include "libbb.h"