Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:45:01 +0900 From: Kazuaki ODA <kazuaki@aliceblue.jp> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: numeric sort(1) is broken on -STABLE Message-ID: <4B74502D.5050509@aliceblue.jp> In-Reply-To: <20100210085814.GE9748@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <20100210085814.GE9748@acme.spoerlein.net>
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On 2010/02/10 17:58, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Hi guys, > > not sure if this is a pilot error, but it seems to me that gnu sort -n > is broken on at least -STABLE (couldn't test -CURRENT yet). > > It somehow does not manifest when using a simple list and sorting on a > specific column, but it always happens to me when using it in > combination with find(1). > > % truncate -s10m a; truncate -s5m b; truncate -s800k c > % find a b c -ls|sort -nk7,7 > 8 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 10485760 Feb 10 09:13 a > 10 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 5242880 Feb 10 09:13 b > 12 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 819200 Feb 10 09:13 c > % find a b c -ls|sort -gk7,7 > 12 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 819200 Feb 10 09:13 c > 10 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 5242880 Feb 10 09:13 b > 8 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 uqs wheel 10485760 Feb 10 09:13 a Hi, here is a patch I've submitted about 4 years ago... http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=gnu/93566 -- Kazuaki ODA
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