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Sort-8.4 bug

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#5958: marked as done (Sort-8.4 bug)
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:48:01 +0000

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has caused the GNU bug report #5958,
regarding Sort-8.4 bug
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From: Santiago Rodriguez <srodri <at> fi.upm.es>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Sort-8.4 bug
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:58:55 +0200

Dear sirs,

I think I have found a bug in sort coreutils command. When I type

sort -T /tmp +1 -2 +2rn -3 +0 -1<<EOF
perra/S perra 2.200000
perro/PS perra 4.400000
EOF

The result is:
perra/S perra 2.200000
perro/PS perra 4.400000


If I type
sort -T /tmp +1 -2 +2n -3 +0 -1<<EOF
perra/S perra 2.200000
perro/PS perra 4.400000
EOF


The result is the same. If I make the same executions with sort 5.0 it
works properly.

Setting or unsetting the LC_ALL=POSIX environment variable has no effect.

If you need more information, do not hesitate to ask.

Best regards,
Santiago Rodríguez.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: pacman <at> kosh.dhis.org
Cc: Santiago Rodriguez <srodri <at> fi.upm.es>, 5958-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
	Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Subject: Re: bug#5958: Sort-8.4 bug
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:47:13 +0200

pacman <at> kosh.dhis.org wrote:
> Eric Blake writes:
>> On 04/16/2010 04:58 AM, Santiago Rodriguez wrote:
>> > I think I have found a bug in sort coreutils command. When I type
>> >
>> > sort -T /tmp +1 -2 +2rn -3 +0 -1<<EOF
>> > perra/S perra 2.200000
>> > perro/PS perra 4.400000
>> > EOF
>>
>> Thanks for the report; however, this is not a bug.
>>
>> The syntax 'sort +1' is obsolete.  You are better off rewriting your
>
> When you pry it from my cold dead hands...

It has been declared "obsolete" for a good reason: it is ambiguous.
If you require that syntax, use some other sort program.

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