GNU bug report logs - #78985
sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part too long for test command to parse

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "C. Neidahl" <opna2608 <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 21:57:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "C. Neidahl" <opna2608 <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 78985-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78985: sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part
 too long for test command to parse
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:20:11 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for reporting that false positive in the test. I installed the 
attached patch, which should fix things.
[0001-tests-fix-integer-overflow-in-sort-float.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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