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

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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

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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