[coreutils] [PATCH] maint: use slightly more efficient process in README-release

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Meyering
This makes the release process more efficient on a multi-core system: >From 948828b208e4cd59ceb903afbb46f55c09d51e18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 12:47:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] maint: use slightly more efficient process in README-release * README-release: Ru

Filing Emails From Mailing Lists (was: [coreutils] Re: [PATCH] uniq: don't continue field processing after end of line)

2011-01-18 Thread Bob Proulx
crocket wrote: > The below message didn't go to my "coreutils mailing list" folder in > my mailbox. > It was because the mssage didn't have "coreutils@gnu.org" as one of > recipients. In general the mailing list address should always be in the recipient list in either the To: or Cc: fields. It is

bug#7858: coreutils-8.9 test failed on rh5 amd

2011-01-18 Thread sam sirlin
== 1 of 382 tests failed (60 tests were not run) See tests/test-suite.log Please report to bug-coreut...@gnu.org == This is, I believe the relevant section: FAIL: cp/cp-parents (exit: 1) = ++ init

[coreutils] [PATCH] tests: avoid FP failure in new du test

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Meyering
I noticed that the new du test would occasionally fail because du would complete too quickly. Making the tree about ten times larger solved the problem: (5x was not enough; see comments below) >From 7e72d4fe9da159d42efe0845b0f36e2ea9d7c3b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 18

Re: [coreutils] Re: [PATCH] uniq: don't continue field processing after end of line

2011-01-18 Thread crocket
The below message didn't go to my "coreutils mailing list" folder in my mailbox. It was because the mssage didn't have "coreutils@gnu.org" as one of recipients. Is there a way to put such messages in the correct folder? - Original Message From: Andreas Schwab To: Jim Meyering Cc: public

Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] uniq: don't continue field processing after end of line

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: > Pádraig Brady wrote: > >> On 16/01/11 23:53, Sami Kerola wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I notice uniq -f 'insane_large_number' will make process to be busy >>> long time without good reason. Attached patch should fix this symptom. >> >> I'd slightly amend that to the following, >> to

Re: [coreutils] [PATCH] doc: show how to shred using a single zero-writing pass

2011-01-18 Thread Jim Meyering
Jim Meyering wrote: ... > Odd... no difference in CPU time or syscall counts. > > I wonder if the SSD is doing something special with blocks of all zeros, > which is reminiscent of The Reg's article: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/14/ocz_and_ddrdrive_performance_row/ I've redone the doc ch