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sort -u throws out non-duplicates

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9780: closed (sort -u throws out non-duplicates)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:21:02 +0000

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #9780,
regarding sort -u throws out non-duplicates
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From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero <at> bero.eu>
To: <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: sort -u throws out non-duplicates
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:59:12 +0100

[bero <at> matterhorn tmp]$ wget http://bero.eu/java-source-list
[...]
[bero <at> matterhorn tmp]$ tr ' ' '\n' <java-source-list |sort |grep 
X509Certificate
libcore/luni/src/main/java/java/security/cert/X509Certificate.java
libcore/luni/src/main/java/javax/security/cert/X509Certificate.java

This is correct...

[bero <at> matterhorn tmp]$ tr ' ' '\n' <java-source-list |sort -u |grep 
X509Certificate
libcore/luni/src/main/java/javax/security/cert/X509Certificate.java

Note the missing .../java/java/security/cert/X509Certificate.java

[bero <at> matterhorn tmp]$ tr ' ' '\n' <java-source-list |sort |uniq |grep 
X509Certificate
libcore/luni/src/main/java/java/security/cert/X509Certificate.java
libcore/luni/src/main/java/javax/security/cert/X509Certificate.java

This is correct


The problem occurs (at least) with sort from coreutils 8.12, 8.13 and 
8.14.

ttyl
bero

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 9780-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Rasmus Borup Hansen <rbh <at> intomics.com>
Subject: Re: bug#9780: sort -u throws out non-duplicates
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:20:23 +0200

Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 08/17/2012 01:31 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> So we definitely have a *second* bug here.
>
> Yes, I noticed.  It definitely counts as a double-ouch.
> I'm glad the bug report prompted us to read this code
> more carefully.
>
> My latest patch should fix both bugs.

Thanks again.
Closing this bug, finally.

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