Bug 7020 – sort doesn't work

Bug 7020 - sort doesn't work

Summary:	sort doesn't work

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	textutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
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Duplicates:	10117 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	1999-11-15 12:43 EST by Timur
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-11-22 12:18:20 EST
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Description Timur 1999-11-15 12:43:16 EST

sort doesn't work in binary mode properly.
Input:
ADa
aba
ADc
Output:
aba
ADa
ADc
Correct output:
ADa
ADc
aba
Just figure out, how many people uses sort in their scripts. In example,
vim+ctags doesn't work, cuz ctags uses sort as external sort program, and
vim by default doesn't understand unsorted tags files.

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-11-15 14:11:59 EST

sort is paying attention to locales now. What's your locale setting?

Comment 2 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer 1999-11-22 12:18:59 EST

It's not a bug, it's a feature - the new sort is POSIX compliant, therefore
some flags have changed. (See info sort)

Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2000-03-11 13:00:59 EST

*** Bug 10117 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 sidlon 2000-03-11 14:00:59 EST

While this isn't a bug in sort, isn't it a problem with the RH6.1 distribution that the default installation doesn't set the LC_ALL variable to work with sort 2.0?  Considering how many people depend on the sort command, it shouldn't take additional tinkering to install RH and have a usable sort.

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