On 27/07/10 04:53, Paul Eggert wrote: > * src/sort.c (fillbuf): Don't append eol unless the line is nonempty. > This fixes a bug that was partly but not completely fixed by > the aadc67dfdb47f28bb8d1fa5e0fe0f52e2a8c51bf commit (dated July 15). > * tests/misc/sort (realloc-buf-2): New test, which catches this > bug on 64-bit hosts.
Good catch. The extra blank line is output on my 32 bit system with: printf "%*s\n" 40 | sort -S1 Note even thought the *ptrlim++ = eol; line was restored as it was originally, the extraneous line is only output since Chen's patch. cheers, Pádraig.
