GNU bug report logs - #7489
[coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: DJ Lucas <dj <at> linuxfromscratch.org>

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #62 received at 7489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Chen Guo <chen.guo.0625 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: DJ Lucas <dj <at> linuxfromscratch.org>, 7489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7489: [coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:38:25 -0800

On 11/29/2010 08:32 PM, Chen Guo wrote:
> Hi guys,
>     Is something up with Savannah? I just tried a git clone and got
> connection time out; I cant even reach git.sv.gnu.org via ping.

There was a breakin, which led to leaking of encrypted account
passwords, some of them discovered via a brute-force attack.
It's pretty bad.  They're reinstalling and restoring the data
from a November 24 backup.  No firm ETA yet.  Expect an
official announcement soon.

You can find the current status at <http://savannah.gnu.org/>.
This bug report was last modified 6 years and 202 days ago.

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