* NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording.

* src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const.

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ebb103738..19506838a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording.
+	* src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const.
+
 2007-01-21  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* src/sort.c (MAX_FORK_RETRIES_COMPRESS, MAX_FORK_RETRIES_DECOMPRESS):
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 29b1c4533..389cca930 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** New features
 
-  sort can now compresses temporary files to improve performance of
-  very large sorts.
+  By default, sort usually compresses each temporary file it writes.
+  When sorting very large inputs, this can result in sort using far
+  less temporary disk space and in improved performance.
 
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7 (2006-12-08) [stable]
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 31421cff6..693b902f0 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static struct tempnode *volatile *temptail = &temphead;
 
 struct sortfile
 {
-  char *name;
+  char const *name;
   pid_t pid;     /* If compressed, the pid of compressor, else zero */
 };