GNU bug report logs - #14226
Sort -c takes in account fields that were outside sorting scope

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Camion SPAM <camion_spam-gnubugs <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:11:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Camion SPAM <camion_spam-gnubugs <at> yahoo.fr>
To: 14226 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14226: Sort -c takes in account fields that were outside sorting scope
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:04:37 +0100 (BST)

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The following commands report an error on equals lines because field outside sorting scope were not sorted

$ cat <<'.' |
> AAA AAA
> BBB BBB
> ZZZ CCC
> DDD DDD
> BBC EEE
> BBD EEE
> BBC EEE
> BBE EEE
> CCC FFF
> DDD GGG
> EEE HHH
> .
> LANG=C sort -k 2,2 -c
sort: -:7: disorder: BBC EEE

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