From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Apr 14 06:18:29 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2010 10:18:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1zfw-0006IR-GT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:18:29 -0400 Received: from mx10.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1yCz-0005h2-VI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:44:30 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:45050) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1O1yCw-0002dg-R9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:44:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O1yCw-00076F-3H for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:44:26 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48024 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O1yCq-0006xV-8Y for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:44:24 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RECEIVED_FROM_WINDOWS_HOST autolearn=no version=3.3.0 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1yCT-000142-SA for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:43:58 -0400 Received: from tx2ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([65.55.88.14]:7251 helo=TX2EHSOBE007.bigfish.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O1yCT-00013s-Nz for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 04:43:57 -0400 Received: from mail156-tx2-R.bigfish.com (10.9.14.238) by TX2EHSOBE007.bigfish.com (10.9.40.27) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.1.340.0; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:48 +0000 Received: from mail156-tx2 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail156-tx2-R.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A79A11E8760 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:48 +0000 (UTC) X-SpamScore: -7 X-BigFish: VPS-7(z971Jza0dJ1443Nzz1202hzzz2dh467hadk62h) X-FB-SS: 5, Received: from mail156-tx2 (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail156-tx2 (MessageSwitch) id 127123282725185_9092; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from TX2EHSMHS047.bigfish.com (unknown [10.9.14.249]) by mail156-tx2.bigfish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED5081C70051 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx3.eu.sony.com (195.2.36.66) by TX2EHSMHS047.bigfish.com (10.9.99.147) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 14.0.482.44; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:13:45 +0000 Received: from [43.194.30.232] ([43.194.30.232]:42158 "EHLO wymx1.eu.sony.com") by mx3.eu.sony.com with ESMTP id S50786Ab0DNINp (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:13:45 +0100 Received: from gb-bas-dc-dx1.eu.sony.com ([43.194.30.31]:22116 "EHLO gbise0basxim01.eu.sony.com") by wymx1.eu.sony.com with ESMTP id S120887Ab0DNINp convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:13:45 +0100 Received: from GBISE0BASMSX03.eu.sony.com ([43.195.98.214]) by gbise0basxim01.eu.sony.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:13:44 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: sort with option +4nr does not work now and it used to do it some time ago Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:13:43 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: sort with option +4nr does not work now and it used to do it some time ago thread-index: Acrbqi64ucQNrcJCR46FawkRZcPSBw== From: "Martinez, Abel" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Apr 2010 08:13:44.0503 (UTC) FILETIME=[668EAC70:01CADBAA] X-Reverse-DNS: outmx.eu.sony.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1+ X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:18:27 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -5.3 (-----) Hi CoreUtil/SORT developer team: Long time ago I used cygwing to sort file's content by the text available on its 4th column in reverse order (under bash) using ___$sort +4nr file.txt____ . I have tried now same function with the latest cygwing and coreutils sorting package (sort.exe 19-March-2010) and with those options does not work; It says: $ sort +4nr ACCESS.txt sort: open failed: +4nr: No such file or directory (I don't have the info on what old version was working fine, sorry) Thanks in advance for really grate product *********************************************** Abel Martinez SONY PSE Madrid Spain = Ph: +34 91 536 57 66 mailto:abel.martinez@eu.sony.com *********************************************** ************************************************************************ The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be = confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). An= y disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of t= his communication is strictly prohibited without the express permission of = the sender. 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This email and any response may be monitored by Sony to be in compliance wi= th Sony's global policies and standards From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Apr 14 09:58:11 2010 Received: (at 5944) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Apr 2010 13:58:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O236Z-0000PJ-13 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:11 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O236W-0000PD-LJ for 5944@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:09 -0400 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o3EDw3Hb010788 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:03 -0400 Received: from [10.11.11.112] (vpn-11-112.rdu.redhat.com [10.11.11.112]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o3EDw1IH014857; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:58:02 -0400 Message-ID: <4BC5C9F1.60003@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:58:09 -0600 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100330 Fedora/3.0.4-1.fc12 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Martinez, Abel" Subject: Re: bug#5944: sort with option +4nr does not work now and it used to do it some time ago References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigB4FDEEAC11F96F27AD247B54" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.12 X-Spam-Score: -10.2 (----------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5944 Cc: 5944@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -10.3 (----------) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigB4FDEEAC11F96F27AD247B54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/14/2010 02:13 AM, Martinez, Abel wrote: > Hi CoreUtil/SORT developer team: >=20 > Long time ago I used cygwing to sort file's content by the text > available on its 4th column in reverse order (under bash) using ___$sor= t > +4nr file.txt____ . >=20 > I have tried now same function with the latest cygwing and coreutils > sorting package (sort.exe 19-March-2010) and with those options does no= t > work; It says: > $ sort +4nr ACCESS.txt > sort: open failed: +4nr: No such file or directory Not a bug, but a difference in the level of POSIX compliance. Older cygwin defaulted to the 1992 version of POSIX, while newer cygwin defaults to 2001. Per the NEWS file: > A few usages still have behavior that depends on which POSIX standard= is > being conformed to, and portable applications should beware these > problematic usages. These include: >=20 > Problematic Standard-conforming replacement, depending on > usage whether you prefer the behavior of: > POSIX 1003.2-1992 POSIX 1003.1-2001 > sort +4 sort -k 5 sort ./+4 You can learn more about this, as well as a way to use the _POSIX2_VERSION environment variable to select an alternate behavior, by reading 'info coreutils standards'. > The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may= be confidential This message has been publicly archived, rendering your disclaimer ineffective. It is considered poor netiquette to send email to public lists with a company disclaimer; you should consider using a personal account that does not fill our inboxes with useless legalese. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enigB4FDEEAC11F96F27AD247B54 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvFyfQACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBzcgCglYSisTkwaU9CCkOGqiRzqHa9 ISIAniUoGj1V8oWsaYN6vlMst0J9s4Vp =dHzv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigB4FDEEAC11F96F27AD247B54-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Apr 15 06:24:50 2010 Received: (at 5944-close) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Apr 2010 10:24:50 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2MFe-0001e5-Jx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:24:50 -0400 Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.3]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O2MFc-0001e0-4M for 5944-close@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:24:49 -0400 Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp3-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id D676681811B for <5944-close@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:24:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mx.meyering.net (mx.meyering.net [82.230.74.64]) by smtp3-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 023CF818128 for <5944-close@debbugs.gnu.org>; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:24:38 +0200 (CEST) Received: by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister, from userid 1000) id D0B2FB89; Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:24:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: Eric Blake Subject: Re: bug#5944: sort with option +4nr does not work now and it used to do it some time ago In-Reply-To: <4BC5C9F1.60003@redhat.com> (Eric Blake's message of "Wed, 14 Apr 2010 07:58:09 -0600") References: <4BC5C9F1.60003@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:24:38 +0200 Message-ID: <87aat5au8p.fsf@meyering.net> Lines: 26 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -3.1 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 5944-close Cc: 5944-close@debbugs.gnu.org, "Martinez, Abel" X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.1 (---) Eric Blake wrote: > On 04/14/2010 02:13 AM, Martinez, Abel wrote: >> Hi CoreUtil/SORT developer team: >> >> Long time ago I used cygwing to sort file's content by the text >> available on its 4th column in reverse order (under bash) using ___$sort >> +4nr file.txt____ . >> >> I have tried now same function with the latest cygwing and coreutils >> sorting package (sort.exe 19-March-2010) and with those options does not >> work; It says: >> $ sort +4nr ACCESS.txt >> sort: open failed: +4nr: No such file or directory > > Not a bug, but a difference in the level of POSIX compliance. Older > cygwin defaulted to the 1992 version of POSIX, while newer cygwin > defaults to 2001. Per the NEWS file: Thanks for replying, Eric. With this message, I'm inserting "-close" into the default Cc'd address of 5944@debbugs.gnu.org, making it "5944-close@debbugs.gnu.org". That moves the thread in our bug tracker, http://debbugs.gnu.org/coreutils from "Outstanding Issues" to the "Resolved Bugs" category: From unknown Mon Aug 18 09:03:01 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:24:03 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator