GNU bug report logs - #26319
sort -u deletes characters it shouldn't

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: sort-u <at> re-gister.com

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: sort-u <at> re-gister.com, 26319 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#26319: sort -u deletes characters it shouldn't
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:15:04 -0700

tag 26319 notabug
close 26319
stop

On 30/03/17 14:27, sort-u <at> re-gister.com wrote:
> sort (GNU coreutils) 8.26
> $ echo $'䜌\n龹' | sort -u
> Expected output:龹䜌
> Actual output:䜌

That's because the strcoll() in that locale is comparing them as equal.
This needs to be addressed in the locale data for glibc etc.

thanks,
Pádraig
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