Bug#863636: diffoscope: usage of FIFOs causes pair-comparisons to not run in parallel, wasting performance by about 1/2

forwarded 863636 https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/issues/22 thanks I've forwarded this upstream here: https://salsa.debian.org/reproducible-builds/diffoscope/issues/22 Regards, -- ,''`. : :' : Chris Lamb `. `'` la...@debian.org /

Bug#863636: diffoscope: usage of FIFOs causes pair-comparisons to not run in parallel, wasting performance by about 1/2

Ximin Luo: > Ximin Luo: >> Package: diffoscope >> Version: 78 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> diff(1) first reads the contents of one file then the next one: >> >> https://sources.debian.net/src/diffutils/1:3.5-3/src/io.c/#L552 >> >> This means that if the "files" are actually

Bug#863636: diffoscope: usage of FIFOs causes pair-comparisons to not run in parallel, wasting performance by about 1/2

Ximin Luo: > Package: diffoscope > Version: 78 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > diff(1) first reads the contents of one file then the next one: > > https://sources.debian.net/src/diffutils/1:3.5-3/src/io.c/#L552 > > This means that if the "files" are actually FIFOs connected to the

Bug#863636: diffoscope: usage of FIFOs causes pair-comparisons to not run in parallel, wasting performance by about 1/2

Package: diffoscope Version: 78 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, diff(1) first reads the contents of one file then the next one: https://sources.debian.net/src/diffutils/1:3.5-3/src/io.c/#L552 This means that if the "files" are actually FIFOs connected to the output of a process, as they are