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Wrong char count with UTF8 in sort -k

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Holger Klene <h.klene <at> gmx.de>, 22155-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22155: Wrong char count with UTF8 in sort -k
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 02:32:51 +0000

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On 13/12/15 01:32, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/12/15 22:53, Holger Klene wrote:
>>> sort sort.bug.txt -u -s -k 1.20 -b --debug
>> sort: es werden die Sortierregeln für »de_DE.UTF-8“ verwendet
>> 05. Mär 2015 13:30 ./mess.jpg
>>                    __________
>> 07. Feb 2015 15:57 ./mess.jpg
>>                    __________
>>
>> In fact, it does correct the underlines, but still -u gives both lines, though I want it to discard the second line. You can add more lines for the same file, but sort insists on keeping exactly two: one with Umlaut and the other without.
> 
> That's a bug in --debug because the implementation was split
> from the actual processing done during the sort (for performance reasons).
> Therefore we'll need to fix --debug to show what's being actually done

Patch attached.

thanks,
Pádraig.

[sort-debug-b.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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