Bug 60803

Summary:	sort -m core dumps when feeded with an empty file
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Linux Now <linuxnow>
Component:	textutils	Assignee:	wdovlrrw <brosenkr>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Version:	7.2
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Description Linux Now 2002-03-06 22:24:38 UTC

Description of Problem:

When you use the -m switch to merge already sorted files, if one of them is empty
sort core dumps.

If you remove the switch then everything works.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

I'm using textutils-2.0.14-2 in a rh7.2 system fully updated.

How Reproducible:

sort -m empty_file1 empty_file2

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:

Segmentation Fault

Expected Results:


Additional Information:
	
witout -m works

Comment 1 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 2002-03-07 14:48:57 UTC

Fixed in the current version (2.0.21-0.7)