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 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#78985: sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part too long for test command to parse
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:46:59 -0700

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On 2025-07-11 04:28, C. Neidahl wrote:
> The LDBL_MIN fraction is longer than the DBL_MIN fraction, so it appears 
> as a bigger number to test/expr

Oh, right. Thanks. I installed the attached further patch to fix that. 
This is cleaner anyway.
[0001-tests-fix-fraction-comparison-in-sort-float.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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