diff -urN coreutils-6.12-orig/tests/misc/cut coreutils-6.12/tests/misc/cut
--- coreutils-6.12-orig/tests/misc/cut	2008-05-17 08:41:11.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-6.12/tests/misc/cut	2008-06-02 11:13:08.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 my $prog = 'cut';
 my $try = "Try \`$prog --help' for more information.\n";
 my $from_1 = "$prog: fields and positions are numbered from 1\n$try";
-my $inval = "$prog: invalid byte or field list\n$try";
+my $inval = "$prog: invalid byte, character or field list\n$try";
 my $no_endpoint = "$prog: invalid range with no endpoint: -\n$try";
 
 my @Tests =
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
   ['od-overlap5', '-b1-3,1-4', '--output-d=:', {IN=>"abcde\n"}, {OUT=>"abcd\n"}],
 
   # None of the following invalid ranges provoked an error up to coreutils-6.9.
-  ['inval1', qw(-f 2-0), {IN=>''}, {OUT=>''}, {EXIT=>1},
-   {ERR=>"$prog: invalid decreasing range\n$try"}],
+  ['inval1', qw(-f 2-0), {IN=>''}, {OUT=>''}, {EXIT=>1},
+   {ERR=>"$prog: invalid byte, character or field list\n$try"}],
   ['inval2', qw(-f -), {IN=>''}, {OUT=>''}, {EXIT=>1}, {ERR=>$no_endpoint}],
   ['inval3', '-f', '4,-', {IN=>''}, {OUT=>''}, {EXIT=>1}, {ERR=>$no_endpoint}],
   ['inval4', '-f', '1-2,-', {IN=>''}, {OUT=>''}, {EXIT=>1}, {ERR=>$no_endpoint}],