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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Message #37 received at 78985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78985 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "C. Neidahl" <opna2608 <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#78985: sort-float failure on ppc64, LDBL_MIN fraction part
 too long for test command to parse
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:59:40 +0100

On 12/07/2025 16:53, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 2025-07-12 04:45, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> -          : a == b ? 0
>> +          : a == b ? numcompare (sa, sb)
> 
> That fails for string pairs like "10" and "1e1".

Hah I thought of that but missed this impacts the --unique case.
I added a test case to ensure equivalency is honored.

cheers,
Pádraig
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