GNU bug report logs - #9780
sort -u throws out non-duplicates

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero <at> bero.eu>

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #96 received at 9780-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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