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@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
Using pr -m -s (i.e. merging files, with TAB as the output separator)
no longer inserts extraneous spaces between output columns.
+ Obsolete sort usage with an invalid ordering-option character, e.g.,
+ "env _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 sort +1x" no longer makes sort free an
+ invalid pointer [introduced in coreutils-6.5]
* Noteworthy changes in release 6.8 (2007-02-24) [not-unstable]