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[svn] Document the existence of --preserve-permissions.

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@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ Please send GNU Wget bug reports to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
* Changes in Wget 1.9+.
** Wget no longer preserves permissions of files on FTP servers by
default. Anonymous FTP servers frequently use permissions like "664",
which might not be what the user wants. The new option
`--preserve-permissions' and the corresponding `.wgetrc' variable can
be used to revert to the old behavior.
** Many options that previously unconditionally set or unset features
are now boolean options that can be invoked as `--OPTION[=yes/no]' or
with `--no-OPTION'. This is useful because it allows you to specify

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@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ The items are not listed in any particular order (except that
recently-added items may tend towards the top). Not all of these
represent user-visible changes.
* Currently Wget mirrors remote FTP permissions whenever it retrieves
the directory listing. This is undesirable for most users, as
permissions like "664" are frequently used on the servers, which
might not be what the user wants. Wget should be changed not to
mirror remote FTP permissions by default. There should be a new
option add an option that enables this back on.
* Honor `Content-Disposition: XXX; filename="FILE"' when creating the
file name. If possible, try not to break `-nc' and friends when
doing that.