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@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
patches as well as enough support to build on the Hurd, we no longer
have any reason to include it here.
+** Improvements
+
+ sort avoids redundant processing in the presence of inaccessible inputs,
+ or unwritable output. Sort now diagnoses certain errors at start-up,
+ rather than after potentially expensive processing.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.17 (2012-05-10) [stable]