From 3ea177e3fa5a42dfe01b63b4c854c3478a1ea60d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:24:27 +0100 Subject: * NEWS: sort no longer compresses temporaries by default. * bootstrap.conf: Remove findprog. * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): The default is to not compress. Don't treat "" specially. * src/sort.c: Don't include findprog.h. (create_temp): Compress only if the user specified --compress-program. * tests/misc/sort-compress: Adjusts tests to match new behavior. --- NEWS | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a09987701..96ebd8243 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- ** New features - By default, sort usually compresses each temporary file it writes. + sort's new --compress-program=PROG option specifies a compression + program to use when writing and reading temporary files. 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2