On 05/05/17 at 09:19am, Adesh Kumar wrote: > pacman internal sorting on package names differ from the one implemented in > linux 'sort' command. > > pacman treats '-' (hyphen) differently. > > > Testcase: > > 1. Install i3 group. It will install i3-wm, i3lock and i3status > > 2. Check the following commands: > > --($:~)-- pacman -Qeq | grep i3 > i3-wm > i3lock > i3status > > > --($:~)-- pacman -Qeq | grep i3 | sort > i3lock > i3status > i3-wm > > --($:~)-- pacman -Qeq | grep i3 | sort -c > sort: -:2: disorder: i3lock
pacman sorts according to the C locale. Why does this matter though? I don't believe we make any promises about query output order at all, let alone that it will match `sort`. apg
