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| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 13 |
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@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Now that AC_FUNC_LSTAT and AC_FUNC_STAT are in autoconf, remove m4/stat.m4 and m4/lstat.m4. df: alignment problem of `Used' heading with e.g., -mP + reported by Karl Berry tr: support nontrivial equivalence classes, e.g. [=e=] with LC_COLLATE=fr_FR @@ -80,9 +81,17 @@ lib/strftime.c: Since %N is the only format that we need but that would expand /%(-_)?\d*N/ to the desired string and then pass the resulting string to glibc's strftime. -chown-core.c: warn when operating on set-UID or set-GID regular file - sort: Compress temporary files when doing large external sort/merges. This improves performance when you can compress/uncompress faster than you can read/write, which is common in these days of fast CPUs. suggestion from Charles Randall on 2001-08-10 + +sort: Add an ordering option -R that causes 'sort' to sort according + to a random permutation of the correct sort order. Also, add an + option --random-seed=SEED that causes 'sort' to use an arbitrary + string SEED to select which permutations to use, in a deterministic + manner: that is, if you sort a permutation of the same input file + with the same --random-seed=SEED option twice, you'll get the same + output. The default SEED is chosen at random, and contains enough + information to ensure that the output permutation is random. + suggestion from Feth AREZKI, Stephan Kasal, and Paul Eggert on 2003-07-17 |