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@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
 ** Bug fixes
 
-  sort and tac now use the replacement mkstemp function, and hence
-  are no longer subject to limitations (of 26 or 32, on the maximum
-  number of files from a given template) on HP-UX 10.20, SunOS 4.1.4,
-  Solaris 2.5.1 and OSF1/Tru64 V4.0F&V5.1.
+  sort would fail for large inputs (~50MB) on systems with a buggy
+  mkstemp function.  sort and tac now use the replacement mkstemp
+  function, and hence are no longer subject to limitations (of 26 or 32,
+  on the maximum number of files from a given template) on HP-UX 10.20,
+  SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.5.1 and OSF1/Tru64 V4.0F&V5.1.
 
 
 * Major changes in release 5.93 (2005-11-06) [stable]