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Re: multi-character tab
From: |
Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: multi-character tab |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:27:25 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tim Waugh wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > the upstream sources. If you wish to pursue this further you will
> > > need to file a bug with your distribution. Or compile your own
> > > version from the GNU sources.
> >
> > FWIW, this seems to have broken in an attempt to get sort(1) to
> > support multi-byte character tabs. Please file a bug if you'd like to
> > see it fixed in an update. (It'll be fixed for future releases
> > anyway.)
>
> I was able to test this on a RHEL4 machine and this appears to already
> be fixed there.
A friend sent me the results from running on a FC4 system.
guin:~$ printf "one\0two\nabc\0xyz\n" | sort -t "\0" -k2,2 | tr "\000" " "
one two
abc xyz
guin:~$ printf "one\0two\nabc\0xyz\n" | sort -t "\0" -k1,1 | tr "\000" " "
abc xyz
one two
guin:~$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz)
guin:~$
So it seems to be fixed there too. Therefore in your case of running
on FC3 it appears that upgrading to FC4 would solve your problem.
Bob