From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:22:45 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: * NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording.
X-Git-Tag: COREUTILS-6_8~67
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* NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording.
* src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ebb1037381..19506838ad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-01-24  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
+	* NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording.
+	* src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const.
+
 2007-01-21  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
 
 	* src/sort.c (MAX_FORK_RETRIES_COMPRESS, MAX_FORK_RETRIES_DECOMPRESS):
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 29b1c4533a..389cca9303 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** New features
 
-  sort can now compresses temporary files to improve performance of
-  very large sorts.
+  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.
 
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 6.7 (2006-12-08) [stable]
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index 31421cff6e..693b902f00 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static struct tempnode *volatile *temptail = &temphead;
 
 struct sortfile
 {
-  char *name;
+  char const *name;
   pid_t pid;     /* If compressed, the pid of compressor, else zero */
 };