Subject: bug#7214: sort --debug maps large old-style field number to 0 in diagnostic

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:27:28 -0600

tags 7214 wontfix
close 7214
stop

(triaging old bugs)

On 14/10/10 10:48 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 10/14/10 05:44, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>>         *val = SIZE_MAX;
>>>> +      if (debug) /* Note --debug must come before keys to diagnose this.  */
>>>> +        error (0, 0, _("%" PRIuMAX " is too large, using %zu"), n, *val);
>> That does sound like an improvement (that would require comment changes),
> 
> No, it's better to silently treat large field numbers as if they were infinity.
> 

8 years later, the change has not been committed - so closing as "wontfix".

-assaf