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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- -* Noteworthy changes in release 6.7-dirty (????-??-??) [stable] +* Noteworthy changes in release 6.7-dirty (????-??-??) [not-unstable] ** Bug fixes @@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** New features By default, sort usually compresses each temporary file it writes. - When sorting very large inputs, this can result in sort using far - less temporary disk space and in improved performance. + This can help save both time and disk space when sorting large inputs. + The default compression program is gzip, but this can be overridden + with sort's new --compress-program=PROG option. ** New features |