bug#14752: [PATCH] sort: print warning when fork() failed for --compress (original) (raw)

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From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#14752: [PATCH] sort: print warning when fork() failed for --compress-program
Date: 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

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.