From unknown Thu Aug 14 20:55:19 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#7731 <7731@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#7731 <7731@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Bug in coreutils version 8.7 sort on i386 (Leopard) macintosh system Reply-To: bug#7731 <7731@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:55:19 +0000 retitle 7731 Bug in coreutils version 8.7 sort on i386 (Leopard) macintosh = system reassign 7731 coreutils submitter 7731 Allen Delaney severity 7731 normal tag 7731 moreinfo thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Dec 24 19:28:53 2010 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Dec 2010 00:28:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWI0A-0004M7-9O for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:28:52 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE29-0007Ms-LO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:14:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE8b-0005ev-Mh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:21:18 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:41651) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE8b-0005eq-KQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:21:17 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42766 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PWE8a-0007qS-Kx for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:21:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE8Z-0005ea-Ez for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:21:16 -0500 Received: from smtp2go.com ([207.58.142.213]:56107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE8Z-0005e3-Bp for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:21:15 -0500 Received: from [134.87.4.251] (helo=peanut.phage.bcgsc.ca) by smtp2go.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWE8W-00013C-Ss for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:21:13 +0000 Message-Id: From: Allen Delaney To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-8--765228984 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Bug in coreutils version 8.7 sort on i386 (Leopard) macintosh system Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:21:07 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:28:49 -0500 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: -6.6 (------) --Apple-Mail-8--765228984 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I upgraded to version 8.7 coreutils on several systems a few days ago. Works fine on Snow Leopard (MACHTYPE = x86_64), but I think I've run into an obscure bug on Leopard (MACHTYPE = i386). The test command is : sort -u -s --key=1,1 sort_8.7_i386_bug_testdata > xxx works with version 8.5, crashes with version 8.7, on i386 (Leopard) macintosh. Both versions work on x86_64 (snow leopard). It requires a pretty big file. This file has 579k records. Subsets of 400k or so records seem to work. The test data file is available at : ftp://ftp.bcgsc.ca/public/adelaney/sort_8.7_i386_bug_testdata Happy Holidays.... --Apple-Mail-8--765228984 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I upgraded to version 8.7 = coreutils on several systems a few days = ago.

Works fine on Snow Leopard (MACHTYPE =3D = x86_64), but I think I've run into an obscure bug on Leopard (MACHTYPE =3D= i386).

The test command is = :

sort -u -s --key=3D1,1 sort_8.7_i386_bug_testdata > = xxx

works with version 8.5, crashes with version 8.7, on i386 = (Leopard) macintosh. Both versions work on x86_64 (snow = leopard).

It requires a pretty big file. This file has 579k = records. Subsets of 400k or so records seem to = work.

The test data file is available at = :



Happy = Holidays....

= --Apple-Mail-8--765228984-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Dec 25 21:05:10 2010 Received: (at 7731) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Dec 2010 02:05:11 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWfyw-0003sI-Dw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:05:10 -0500 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PWfyt-0003s6-Pg for 7731@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:05:08 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B67839E80F2; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:11:51 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hYDF7BEGHe6K; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:11:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (pool-71-189-109-235.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [71.189.109.235]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2DF3939E80DB; Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:11:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D16A45F.2020208@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 18:11:43 -0800 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101208 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Allen Delaney Subject: Re: bug#7731: Bug in coreutils version 8.7 sort on i386 (Leopard) macintosh system References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7731 Cc: 7731@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: -2.9 (--) On 12/24/2010 12:21 PM, Allen Delaney wrote: > sort -u -s --key=1,1 sort_8.7_i386_bug_testdata > xxx That looks like bug 7489 , which is fixed in coreutils 8.8. Can you please give 8.8 a try? 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[184.68.105.38]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id u132-v6sm85396ita.9.2018.10.22.19.44.51 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:44:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: bug#7731: Bug in coreutils version 8.7 sort on i386 (Leopard) macintosh system References: <4D16A45F.2020208@cs.ucla.edu> From: Assaf Gordon To: 7731@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:44:50 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D16A45F.2020208@cs.ucla.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 7731 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) close 7731 stop (triaging old bugs) On 25/12/10 07:11 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 12/24/2010 12:21 PM, Allen Delaney wrote: > >> sort -u -s --key=1,1 sort_8.7_i386_bug_testdata > xxx > > That looks like bug 7489 , > which is fixed in coreutils 8.8. Can you please give 8.8 a try? Both coreutils 8.8 and Mac OS Leopard on i386 are very old, and with no follow-ups in 8 years - I'm closing this bug. -assaf From unknown Thu Aug 14 20:55:19 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:24:06 +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