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@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
sort with at least two threads no longer segfaults due to use of pointers
into the stack of an expired thread. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
- sort --compress no longer mishandles subprocesses' exit statuses.
+ sort --compress no longer mishandles subprocesses' exit statuses,
+ and no longer hangs indefinitely due to a bug in waiting for subprocesses.
sort -m -o f f ... f no longer dumps core when file descriptors are limited.