Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-19 Thread Steve Langasek
severity 373704 important thanks On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 02:04:11AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Steve Langasek, le Sat 13 Jan 2007 13:10:25 -0800, a écrit : > > "Potentially leading to random breakage" doesn't really justify a critical > > severity when there are a limited number of packages m

Processed: Re: Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-19 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 373704 important Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort Severity set to `important' from `critical' > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-16 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 January 2007 13:50, Frans Pop wrote: > It looks like sorting with a specific delimiter set is completely > broken. Tests were done inside Debian Installer. I've tested the final patch by Goswin and can find no more issues or differences with GNU sort. In some cases the use of -s is

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 January 2007 22:10, Steve Langasek wrote: > "Potentially leading to random breakage" doesn't really justify a > critical severity when there are a limited number of packages making > use of busybox (and busybox sort in particular). Does this bug > actually break d-i, and if so how?

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
Steve Langasek, le Sat 13 Jan 2007 13:10:25 -0800, a écrit : > "Potentially leading to random breakage" doesn't really justify a critical > severity when there are a limited number of packages making use of busybox > (and busybox sort in particular). Does this bug actually break d-i, and if > so h

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 01:50:15PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > severity 373704 critical > found 373704 1:1.1.3-3 > thanks > I had meant to look into this much earlier, but unfortunately it slipped > my mind. Severity critical as this behavior can cause hard to trace > unpredictable behavior in any

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 January 2007 13:50, Frans Pop wrote: > Conclusion: when sorting with delimiter on the last field, the > last-but-one field is sorted instead. [...] > Conclusion: with a leading delimiter, the sort is somehow _always_ done > on the first field. The last conclusion is not correct as t

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
On Saturday 13 January 2007 13:50, Frans Pop wrote: > The testcase included in the busybox testsuite seems to work only by > accident as it is a numeric sort and the last field to be sorted is the > only numerical data in each line. It turns out the testcase based on the D-I situation is broken in

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Frans Pop
severity 373704 critical found 373704 1:1.1.3-3 thanks I had meant to look into this much earlier, but unfortunately it slipped my mind. Severity critical as this behavior can cause hard to trace unpredictable behavior in any script using sort with a delimiter, potentially leading to random bre

Processed: Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2007-01-13 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 373704 critical Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort Severity set to `critical' from `normal' > found 373704 1:1.1.3-3 Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort Bug marked as fo

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2006-08-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Geert Stappers, le Thu 24 Aug 2006 09:46:54 +0200, a écrit : > > It doesn't seem to be fixed: > > > > $ sort -k5 -t/ -n > ^^ > > /usr/lib/finish-install.d/99reboot > > /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50brltty > > ^D > > /usr/lib/finish-install.d/99reboot > > /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50br

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2006-08-24 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 02:19:54AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > reopen 373704 > thanks > > Version: 1:1.1.3-2 > > Hi, > > It doesn't seem to be fixed: > > $ sort -k5 -t/ -n ^^ > /usr/lib/finish-install.d/99reboot > /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50brltty > ^D > /usr/lib/finish-ins

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2006-08-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
reopen 373704 thanks Version: 1:1.1.3-2 Hi, It doesn't seem to be fixed: $ sort -k5 -t/ -n /usr/lib/finish-install.d/99reboot /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50brltty ^D /usr/lib/finish-install.d/99reboot /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50brltty While it would be expected to see 50brltty coming before 99reb

Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

2006-06-15 Thread Joey Hess
Package: busybox Version: 1:1.1.3-1 Severity: normal Tags: d-i [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>cat foo /usr/lib/finish-install.d/1 /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/2 /usr/lib/finish-install.d/4 /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~>for n in 3 4 5; do echo busybox $n; busybox sort -n -k$n -t/ foo; echo gnu $