bug#6217: new test failure: misc/sort-debug-keys

[Jim Meyering]

Hi Pádraig,

I've just noticed this failure:

  http://hydra.nixos.org/build/411307/nixlog/1/raw

but don't have time to look at it now.
I suspect that LC_ALL=none is the problem.

FAIL: misc/sort-debug-keys (exit: 1)
====================================
sort: key 1 is numeric and spans multiple fields
+ printf '2,,3\n2.4\n'
+ sort -s -k1n --debug
sort: using simple byte comparison
sort: key 1 is numeric and spans multiple fields
+ printf '1a\x002b\x00'
+ sort -s -n -z --debug
sort: using simple byte comparison
+ compare out exp
+ diff -u out exp
+ cat
+ test none
+ echo '   1²---++3   1,234  Mi'
+ LC_ALL=C
+ sort --debug -k2g -k1b,1
sort: using simple byte comparison
sort: key 1 is numeric and spans multiple fields
+ echo '   1²---++3   1,234  Mi'
+ LC_ALL=none
+ sort --debug -k2g -k1b,1
sort: using simple byte comparison
sort: key 1 is numeric and spans multiple fields
+ echo '+1234 1234Gi 1,234M'
+ LC_ALL=none
+ sort --debug -k1,1n -k1,1g -k1,1h -k2,2n -k2,2g -k2,2h -k3,3n -k3,3g -k3,3h
sort: using simple byte comparison
+ compare out exp
+ diff -u out exp
--- out 2010-05-18 19:07:46.569714878 +0000
+++ exp 2010-05-18 19:07:46.564714926 +0000
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
    _________
 ________________________
    1²---++3   1,234  Mi
-               _
-   _________
-________________________
+              _____
+   ________
+_______________________
 +1234 1234Gi 1,234M
 ^ no match for key
 _____
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       ____
       ____
       ______
-             _
-             _
-             _
+             _____
+             _____
+             ______
 ___________________
+ fail=1
+ Exit 1
+ set +e
+ exit 1
+ exit 1
+ remove_tmp_
+ __st=1