Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:58:14 +0100 From: Ulrich =?utf-8?B?U3DDtnJsZWlu?= <uqs@FreeBSD.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: numeric sort(1) is broken on -STABLE Message-ID: <20100210085814.GE9748@acme.spoerlein.net>
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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
at least -g does what is expected and I can work around this for the time being. Here's bsdsort
% find a b c -ls|bsdsort -nk7,7
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
and this is on Solaris 8
% find a b c -ls|sort -nk7,7
546728 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 spoerul xxx 819200 Feb 10 09:49 c
546727 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 spoerul xxx 5242880 Feb 10 09:48 b
546724 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 spoerul xxx 10485760 Feb 10 09:48 a
It even occured to me, that we don't have a sort regression suite under
tools/regression. Anyone know a place to find one with a suitable license?
Regards,
Uli
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