Running "sort < /dev/null" would leak a few bytes.
It's not a real problem, but worth fixing just to avoid the distraction
when you're trying to ensure there are no leaks in all 90+ tools.
* src/sort.c (main): Plug a tiny memory leak.
Move declaration of local "minus" down to be nearer point of use.
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index e08d058..56a0651 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -2292,7 +2292,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
size_t nfiles = 0;
bool posixly_correct = (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL);
bool obsolete_usage = (posix2_version () < 200112);
- char *minus = "-", **files;
+ char **files;
char const *outfile = NULL;
initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
@@ -2657,7 +2657,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (nfiles == 0)
{
+ static char *minus = "-";
nfiles = 1;
+ free (files);
files = −
}
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