Subject: Re: bin/36816: [dM] sort -n mis-sorts -ve numbers
To: None <gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org,>
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/21/2007 21:50:02
The following reply was made to PR bin/36816; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alan Barrett <apb@cequrux.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/36816: [dM] sort -n mis-sorts -ve numbers
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:49:28 +0200
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007, der Mouse wrote:
> sort(1) mis-sorts negative numbers under at least some
> circumstances. I haven't explored the envelope of the bug much.
Have you tried the patch in PR 30504? This looks like one of the
problems with trailing zeros that was supposed to have been fixed
by that patch.
--apb (Alan Barrett)