From 1f7d56fda5db9c5bd62eb9cc3ae543c00499a68f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:22:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] * NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording. * src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ NEWS | 5 +++-- src/sort.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ebb1037381..19506838ad 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2007-01-24 Jim Meyering + + * NEWS: sort temp file compression: tweak wording. + * src/sort.c (struct sortfile) [name]: Declare member to be const. + 2007-01-21 Jim Meyering * 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 */ }; -- 2.39.5