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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Michael Bartman <michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com>
Subject: bug#32603: closed (Re: bug#32603: sort bug?)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:45:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#32603: sort bug?

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 32603 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Michael Bartman <michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com>, 32603-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32603: sort bug?
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:44:35 -0700

"sort --help" says:

*** WARNING ***
The locale specified by the environment affects sort order.
Set LC_ALL=C to get the traditional sort order that uses
native byte values.

and that's what you have run into.

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From: Michael Bartman <michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: sort bug?
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:34:26 -0400

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My version of sort seems to have unpredictable behavior, based on the data
being sorted:

$ sort <foo
t
te
tec

$ sort <foo
t.co
tec.co
te.co

$ sort <foo
t.c
te.c
tec.c

$ sort <foo
t.co
tec.co
te.co

$ sort <foo
tec.o
te.o
t.o


$ sort --version
sort (GNU coreutils) 8.4
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and Paul Eggert.
-- 

Using flags -d, -n, -R, -r, and -i had no effect on this behavior.

*Mike Bartman*
*senior software engineer - platform*

*tel* (415)-578-5222 x492
*email *michael.bartman <at> sparkpost.com

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