From 784b5000f76071845e7b650fc365ab11e3d12580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 07:34:16 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- ChangeLog | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'ChangeLog') diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 4e61fcaac..1bb0f9816 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ * man/pwd.x, man/echo.x, man/printf.x: Fix typo: s/supercede/supersede/ reported by Andrew Fabbro. +2004-05-13 Paul Eggert + + Improve performance of `sort -m' on large files, at the cost of + making some contrived examples unsafe. POSIX allows this + optimization. Performance problem reported by Jonathan Baker in + . + + * src/sort.c (first_same_file): Do not treat input pipes + differently from other files. + * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document that "sort -m -o F" + might write F before reading all the input. + * NEWS: Likewise. + 2004-05-12 Paul Eggert * src/od.c (print_ascii, dump_strings): Use e.g. '\a' rather than -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf