Mike Frysinger wrote: > a user reported an issue with coreutils' sort and -b/-k usage. it seems to > be > a regression from 5.x -> 6.x, or maybe a bug fix :). > > the simple case: > $ printf 'a b c\na b c\n' | sort -u -b -k1,1 > a b c > a b c > > the user contests that there should only be one line displayed (and that is > how coreutils-5 seems to have behaved). > > rather than me copying & pasting a lot of info, here's the URL: > http://bugs.gentoo.org/263723
I'm a bit confused. The issue as reported seems to be fixed with this change done last month: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=224a69b56b716f57e3a018af5a9b9379f32da3fc#patch3 I.E. I reverted that change and I can reproduce the issue. However in the bug report you're seeing the issue with coreutils-7.1 which should have the fix. Also Jim checked that the original textutils had this issue but you say coreutils-5 did not? cheers, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
