From 4d2d6c5b7c455392617609ae21b6b21879e12975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:18:35 +0100
Subject: factor: avoid interspersed lines for parallel runs

* src/factor.c (n_out): A new global variable to track
how much data has been written to stdout.
(print_factors_single): Use n_out to determine whether
to flush the current (and previous) lines.
* tests/misc/factor-parallel.sh: Add a new test.
* tests/local.mk: Reference the new test.
* NEWS: Mention the bug fix.
---
 NEWS | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 99a930133..9aa35aded 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   file types, a warning is issued for source directories with duplicate names,
   or with -H the directory is copied again using the symlink name.
 
+  factor avoids writing partial lines, thus supporting parallel operation.
+  [the bug dates back to the initial implementation]
+
   head, od, split, tac, tail, and wc no longer mishandle input from files in
   /proc and /sys file systems that report somewhat-incorrect file sizes.
 
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