Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:43:43 +0000 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD sort vs GNU sort. Message-ID: <200112021343.fB2Dhh036928@grimreaper.grondar.org> In-Reply-To: <20011202130804.GA61024@nagual.pp.ru> ; from "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> "Sun, 02 Dec 2001 16:08:04 %2B0300." References: <20011202130804.GA61024@nagual.pp.ru>
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> > And if so, _will_ you do it? :-) > > Yes, but it may takes some amount of time, it will be not easy patch as > for GNU sort. OK - so if I were to import it, but not link it to the "real" build (IE, it is off by default), that will give you a chance to work on it, no? > BTW, what exactly is urgent in sort replacement idea? As I see by first > look, BSD sort as designed will be somewhat faster, but needs lots of > temporary files comparing to GNU sort. The next thing we need to check > _before_ switch efforts is its POSIX conformance. Agreed. I'm not in any hurry - I just happen to have some time at the moment :-) M -- o Mark Murray \_ FreeBSD Services Limited O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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