Bug 249421

Summary: sort -R is not random
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Scott Baker <bakers>
Component: coreutilsAssignee: Tim Waugh <twaugh>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Scott Baker 2007-07-24 16:45:01 UTC 
Description of problem: sort -R is *not* random

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): coreutils-6.9-3.fc7

How reproducible:
Easy

Steps to Reproduce:
1. cat /etc/passwd | sort -R
  
Actual results:
Results are sorted alphabetically 

Expected results:
Results should be sorted randomly
Comment 1 Tim Waugh 2007-07-25 22:36:27 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 249315 ***