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bug#14752: [PATCH] sort: print warning when fork() failed for --compress
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#14752: [PATCH] sort: print warning when fork() failed for --compress-program |
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Mon, 26 May 2014 22:10:57 +0100 |
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On 05/26/2014 10:00 PM, Azat Khuzhin wrote:
>> So the issue here is that sort is allocating
>> a large buffer up front thus impacting the fork().
>> Really sort(1) should be trying to avoid this issue
>> in the first place, and the issue is already logged at:
>> http://bugs.gnu.org/14752
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> Yes this is the same as I linked above.
> Does any body have a patch for this, or should I start working on this?
I was waiting for a patch that didn't materialize.
I'll have a look myself now.
thanks,
Pádraig.