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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael Bartman <michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com>

Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Bartman <michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com>, 32603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32603: Thank you for the quick response and answer!
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 00:52:01 -0700

Michael Bartman wrote:
> try setting
> LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses native byte values."

LC_ALL=C is not guaranteed to do that. There is no requirement that it use 
native byte values; on the contrary, it is required to not use native byte 
values in some circumstances (e.g., z/OS EBCDIC environments).

This is a complicated area, unfortunately, and it's not something that can 
easily be condensed into a single line in a help message.
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