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[coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Chen Guo <chen.guo.0625 <at> gmail.com>, DJ Lucas <dj <at> linuxfromscratch.org>, 7489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#7489: [coreutils] over aggressive threads in sort
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:37:14 +0100

Paul Eggert wrote:
> 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.

Note that it was web passwords.

> 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/>.

Here's the chronology:

  http://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/savannah-and-www.gnu.org-downtime

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