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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/sort.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -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): @@ -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 */ }; |