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@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
sort -m -o f f ... f no longer dumps core when file descriptors are limited.
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ sort will not create more than 8 threads by default due to diminishing
+ performance gains. Also the --parallel option is no longer restricted
+ to the number of available processors.
+
** New features
split accepts the --number option to generate a specific number of files.