Re: [PATCH] Makes sort create random order

2004-09-01 Thread Paul Eggert
Thomas Habets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> sort: Add an ordering option -R that causes 'sort' to sort according >> to a random permutation of the correct sort order. > > This means that two different files, that happen to sort to the same output, > should give the same output when randomiz

Re: POSIX misunderstanding

2004-09-01 Thread Paul Eggert
Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There's no rush. Let's wait until the standard is formally changed or >> corrected, as I imagine it will be. > > There is a rush. Not really. The code has had its current form since February 2002. So any problem has been out in the field for 2.5 yea