Released as 20180222 ('Henrik')

NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 20180122
 
+* --embed makes it possible to embed GNU parallel in a shell
+  script. This is useful if you need to distribute your script to
+  someone who does not want to install GNU parallel.
+
+* Parallelize Your Large Batches of Small Jobs
+  https://amito.me/2018/02/Parallelize-Your-Large-Batches-of-Small-Jobs/
+
+* Klaatu expounds upon xargs and talks GNU parallel in episode 12x6
+  http://gnuworldorder.info/
+
+* How to use parallel to speed up your work
+  https://mike42.me/blog/how-to-use-parallel-to-speed-up-your-work
+
+* Transient compute clustering with GNU Parallel and sshfs
+  https://dennismungai.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/transient-compute-clustering-with-gnu-parallel-and-sshfs/
+ 
+* Useful Examples of ffmpeg and GNU parallel on the command-line
+  https://dennismungai.wordpress.com/2018/02/06/useful-examples-of-ffmpeg-and-gnu-parallel-on-the-command-line/
+
+* Data Science at the Command Line (Chapter 8.3)
+  https://www.datascienceatthecommandline.com/
+
+* Bug fixes and man page updates.
+
+
+20180122
+
 * bash / 병렬 https://code.i-harness.com/ko/docs/bash/2a1a
 
 * 15分钟神器gnu parallel 入门观止

configure

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20180122.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for parallel 20180222.
 #
 # Report bugs to <bug-parallel@gnu.org>.
 #
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='parallel'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='parallel'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='20180122'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='20180222'
-PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20180122'
+PACKAGE_STRING='parallel 20180222'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-parallel@gnu.org'
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures parallel 20180122 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures parallel 20180222 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20180122:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of parallel 20180222:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1357,7 +1357,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-parallel configure 20180122
+parallel configure 20180222
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by parallel $as_me 20180122, which was
+It was created by parallel $as_me 20180222, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='parallel'
- VERSION='20180122'
+ VERSION='20180222'
 
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
@@ -2880,7 +2880,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20180122, which was
+This file was extended by parallel $as_me 20180222, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2942,7 +2942,7 @@ _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-parallel config.status 20180122
+parallel config.status 20180222
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/.osc/_files

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-<directory name="parallel" rev="216" srcmd5="8f7a185b24d9bbf7d205810dc0400fc3" vrev="2">
+<directory name="parallel" rev="218" srcmd5="af198e4bea2e9de4d6f472745c6eff11" vrev="2">
+  <entry md5="8b44ef3f5aac2302f976cb58cf61fe87" mtime="1513986752" name="parallel-20171222.tar.bz2" size="1690096" />
   <entry md5="dc3c49472f24afa64146433955e3c60c" mtime="1516637654" name="parallel-20180122.tar.bz2" size="1717898" />
-  <entry md5="09b2f07b64cc64aef10f459b57fe8e25" mtime="1516624602" name="parallel.spec" size="4693" />
+  <entry md5="f7fc58abc8157639a03fbab6f2fbdecb" mtime="1519335400" name="parallel-20180222.tar.bz2" size="1721015" />
-  <entry md5="e429add03e21bbe237a9cd03249acb13" mtime="1516637656" name="parallel_20180122.dsc" size="556" />
+  <entry md5="b985be62051b5e1c35ccf0f9a9f54ed0" mtime="1519335400" name="parallel.spec" size="4666" />
+  <entry md5="21420e5e8a3c415584438286cb2cdcaf" mtime="1513986753" name="parallel_20171222.tar.gz" size="1894418" />
   <entry md5="cd809eb297ee7fb8821786b6a814090c" mtime="1516637670" name="parallel_20180122.tar.gz" size="1904981" />
+  <entry md5="577f63e016ab75cd653129c801a53fc5" mtime="1519335400" name="parallel_20180222.dsc" size="556" />
+  <entry md5="73d175bc25fbbef5459d2a9d2246c8f4" mtime="1519335400" name="parallel_20180222.tar.gz" size="1924236" />
 </directory>

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/.osc/parallel.spec

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20180122
+Version: 	20180222
 Release: 	1.2
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities
 URL: 		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel
 Source0: 	%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:	noarch
-BuildArchitectures: noarch
 BuildRoot: 	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-buildroot
 
 %description

packager/obs/home:tange/parallel/parallel.spec

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 Summary:	Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel
 Name: 		parallel
-Version: 	20180122
+Version: 	20180222
 Release: 	1.2
 License: 	GPL
 Group: 		Productivity/File utilities
 URL: 		ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parallel
 Source0: 	%{name}_%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildArch:	noarch
-BuildArchitectures: noarch
 BuildRoot: 	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-buildroot
 
 %description

testsuite/tests-to-run/parallel-local-mem.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 make stopvm
+TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
 mkdir -p $TMPDIR
 # Jobs that eat more than 2 GB RAM
 

testsuite/wanted-results/parallel-local-mem

@@ -4,53 +4,6 @@ VBoxManage controlvm CentOS3-root:centos3 savestate || true
 VBoxManage controlvm RedHat9-root:redhat9 savestate || true
 VBoxManage controlvm OracleXE savestate || true
 make[1]: Leaving directory '~/privat/parallel/testsuite'
-echo '### bug #44358: 2 GB records cause problems for -N'
-### bug #44358: 2 GB records cause problems for -N
-echo '5 GB version: Eats 12.5 GB'
-5 GB version: Eats 12.5 GB
-  PATH=input-files/perl-v5.14.2:$PATH;   (yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 5000000000; echo FOO;    yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 3000000000; echo FOO;    yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 1000000000;) |    PERL5LIB=input-files/perl-v5.14.2/lib input-files/perl-v5.14.2/perl    `which parallel` --pipe --recend FOO -N2 --block 1g -k LANG=c wc -c
-8000000007
-1000000001
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1000000000. Increasing to --blocksize 1300000001.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1300000001. Increasing to --blocksize 1690000003.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1690000003. Increasing to --blocksize 2147483647.
-echo '2 GB version: eats 10 GB'
-2 GB version: eats 10 GB
-  PATH=input-files/perl-v5.14.2:$PATH;   (yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 2300M; echo FOO;    yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 2300M; echo FOO;    yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 1000M;) |    PERL5LIB=input-files/perl-v5.14.2/lib input-files/perl-v5.14.2/perl    `which parallel` --pipe --recend FOO -N2 --block 1g -k LANG=c wc -c
-4823449607
-1048576001
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1000000000. Increasing to --blocksize 1300000001.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1300000001. Increasing to --blocksize 1690000003.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1690000003. Increasing to --blocksize 2147483647.
-echo '### -L >4GB'; echo 'Eats 12.5 GB';   (head -c 5000000000 /dev/zero; echo FOO;    head -c 3000000000 /dev/zero; echo FOO;    head -c 1000000000 /dev/zero;) |    parallel --pipe  -L2 --block 1g -k LANG=c wc -c
-### -L >4GB
-Eats 12.5 GB
-8000000008
-1000000000
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1000000000. Increasing to --blocksize 1300000001.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1300000001. Increasing to --blocksize 1690000003.
-parallel: Warning: A record was longer than 1690000003. Increasing to --blocksize 2147483647.
-echo '**'
-**
-echo '### Trouble reading a record > 2 GB for certain versions of Perl (substr($a,0,2G+1)="fails")'
-### Trouble reading a record > 2 GB for certain versions of Perl (substr($a,0,2G+1)="fails")
-echo '### perl -e $buf=("x"x(2**31))."x"; substr($buf,0,2**31+1)=""; print length $buf'
-### perl -e $buf=("x"x(2**31))."x"; substr($buf,0,2**31+1)=""; print length $buf
-echo 'Eats 4 GB'
-Eats 4 GB
-perl -e '$buf=("x"x(2**31))."x"; substr($buf,0,2**31+1)=""; print ((length $buf)."\n")'
-0
-echo 'Eats 4.7 GB'
-Eats 4.7 GB
-  PATH=input-files/perl-v5.14.2:$PATH;   (yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 2300M; echo ged) |   PERL5LIB=input-files/perl-v5.14.2/lib input-files/perl-v5.14.2/perl `which parallel` -k --block 2G --pipe --recend ged md5sum
-8d87694eab8991a10815067709c3bd51  -
-parallel: Warning: --blocksize >= 2G causes problems. Using 2G-1.
-echo 'Eats 4.7 GB'
-Eats 4.7 GB
-  PATH=input-files/perl-v5.14.2:$PATH;   (yes "`seq 3000`" | head -c 2300M; echo ged) |   PERL5LIB=input-files/perl-v5.14.2/lib input-files/perl-v5.14.2/perl `which parallel` -k --block 2G --pipe --recend ged cat | wc -c
-2411724804
-parallel: Warning: --blocksize >= 2G causes problems. Using 2G-1.
-echo '**'
 par_2gb_record_reading	### Trouble reading a record > 2 GB for certain versions of Perl (substr($a,0,2G+1)="fails")
 par_2gb_record_reading	### perl -e $buf=("x"x(2**31))."x"; substr($buf,0,2**31+1)=""; print length $buf
 par_2gb_record_reading	Eats 4 GB