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@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ls now aligns output correctly in the presence of abbreviated month names from the locale database that have differing widths. +** Changes in behavior + + shred, sort, shuf: now use an internal pseudorandom generator by default. + This is mainly noticable in shred where the 3 random passes it does by + default should proceed at the speed of the disk. Previously /dev/urandom + was used if available, which is relatively slow on GNU/Linux systems. + * Noteworthy changes in release 7.2 (2009-03-31) [stable] ** New features |