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console the user that his -n in sort --debug -n was seen

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Message #16 received at 34490-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 34490-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34490: console the user that his -n in sort --debug -n was
 seen
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 19:11:51 -0800

On 16/02/19 23:28, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
>>>>>> "PB" == Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:
> PB> Fair point. I'm thinking of this extra qualification:
> 
> PB>   sort: text ordering performed using ‘en_IE.UTF-8’ sorting rules
> Maybe say                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^'LC_CTYPE=en_IE.UTF-8' sorting rules
> 
> PB>   sort: text ordering performed using simple byte comparison
> 
> sort: text ordering performed using simple byte (LC_CTYPE=C) comparison
> or something like that.

That's probably more confusing to the user,
especially as one doesn't generally explicitly set LC_CTYPE.
I'll go with my clarification.

thanks,
Pádraig

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