GNU bug report logs - #23214
Possible bug in sort -g

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Matthijs Nescio <matthijs_1971 <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 13:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 23214-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Matthijs Nescio <matthijs_1971 <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 23214-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23214: Possible bug in sort -g
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 08:54:02 -0700

On 04/04/2016 08:31 AM, Matthijs Nescio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Indeed, setting the environment variable LC_ALL to C solves the 
> problem. Thank you. I am a satisfied long-time user of sort so I was 
> flabbergasted.

Yes, the locale can affect 'sort' in funny ways. Thanks for following 
up. Closing the bug report.
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