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sort -u throws out non-duplicates

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Message #64 received at 9780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>,
	Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs <at> gmail.com>, Rasmus Borup Hansen <rbh <at> intomics.com>
Subject: Re: bug#9780: sort -u data loss deserves new release ASAP [Re:
	bug#9780: sort -u...
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:40:36 +0200

Jim Meyering wrote:
...
> That sort -u can cause data loss is a big deal.
> I want to make a release with this fix as soon as possible.
> Since I'm making this a mostly-bug-fix release, the du and md5 --tag
> changes will have to wait for 8.20.
> However, I'll be happy to apply documentation-correcting changes
> if someone would post a complete, updated patch or two.

On second thought, these changes would require translation
adjustments.  Thus, I will defer these until after 8.19.

> If Bruce and Paul find that changing gnulib's parse-datetime test
> will avoid a failure on LFS, I'll pull in a gnulib update for that.

Paul fixed it, so I'll update from gnulib shortly.

> Any other bug-fix-like changes that people can suggest?

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