Yes. It does. However, it was introduced by RedHat. The same version number,
2.0a available from gnu.org does not have the bug. I was able to download that
version and build it. Then replace the Red Hat binary with the result.
Dave Farnham wrote:
> This version of sort distributed with RedHat 6.2 (Intel) appears
> to have a bug with the '-n' option.
>
> % cat file
> 3
> 9
> 11
> 2
>
> % sort -n file
> 2
> 11
> 9
> 3
>
> sort --version
> sort (GNU textutils) 2.0a
> Written by Mike Haertel.
>
> Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> --
> Dave Farnham
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
