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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22 i686; en-US; 0.8.1)
Gecko/20010421

Description of problem:
sort missorts the strings "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~" and "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". (The
first string contains 16 'x's and a tilde.  The second string contains 16
'x's.)

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.run sort
2.type in "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~" and "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" on separate lines
3.type Ctrl-D
	

Actual Results:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Expected Results:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~

Additional info:

sort missorts the above strings and strings with 32 'x's, 48 'x's, etc.

This problem was not present on Red Hat Linux 6.2.