From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 2 10:09:50 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 722EC16A4CE; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:09:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from robbins.dropbear.id.au (209.c.010.mel.iprimus.net.au [210.50.202.209]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B127643D45; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:09:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@robbins.dropbear.id.au) Received: by robbins.dropbear.id.au (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2620F421C; Fri, 2 Jul 2004 20:11:52 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 20:11:52 +1000 From: Tim Robbins To: "Tim J. Robbins" Message-ID: <20040702101152.GA42684@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> References: <200407020934.i629Ybgv019845@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200407020934.i629Ybgv019845@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/sort Makefile alloca.h config.h localedir.h X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 10:09:50 -0000 On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:34:37AM +0000, Tim J. Robbins wrote: > tjr 2004-07-02 09:34:37 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > gnu/usr.bin/sort Makefile config.h > Added files: > gnu/usr.bin/sort alloca.h localedir.h > Log: > Update build infrastructure for sort from GNU coreutils 5.2.1. These are the entries from the coreutils NEWS file pertaining to the changes to sort between textutils 2.1 and coreutils 5.2.1: sort now supports the zero byte (NUL) as a field separator; use -t '\0'. The -t '' option, which formerly had no effect, is now an error. sort option order no longer matters for the options -S, -d, -i, -o, and -t. Stronger options override weaker, and incompatible options are diagnosed. sort is now up to 30% more CPU-efficient in some cases `sort --version' and `sort --help' fail, as they should when their output is redirected to /dev/full. However, the main reason I imported this version is because Red Hat and Mandrakesoft have patches against it to add multibyte character support. The current lack of support is blocking support in a number of in-tree utilities (at least uniq, join & comm.) Tim