tags 10877 fixed close 10877 stop (triaging old bugs)
The original issue reported in this bug was fixed here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=a507ed6ede5064b8f15c979e54e6de3bb478d73e Additional issues regarding sort/memory/temp files optimiazations have not been touched upon in 6 years. I'm closing this bug as "fixed". If there is interest, discussion can continue by replying to this thread. regards, - assaf
