From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:54:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (sort): Mention consequences of today's mkstemp-safer.c fix.
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(sort): Mention consequences of today's mkstemp-safer.c fix.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index abfaf6b98c..f8332710ac 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
+  sort now uses the replacement mkstemp function, and hence is no longer
+  subject to limitations (of 26 or 32, on the maximum number of files
+  from a given template) on HP-UX 10.20, SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.5.1
+  OSF1/Tru64 V4.0F.
+
 
 * Major changes in release 5.93 (2005-11-06) [stable]