strange 'sort' action

[Linda Birmingham]

Has anyone noticed a diference in operation in the 'sort' command
from OSx4.0 to 4.4 ?

We had a user application that used to work with 'sort' in 4.0
and doesn't in 4.4.

When we restrict sorting to a particular field it still insists on sorting
on the first field afterwards.

Try    sort +1 -1.4 try

where try is:
wwww 0020 ctre ge
zzzz 0080 btre ge
vvvv 0110 gtre ge
yyyy 0090 dtre ge
tttt 0020 atre ge
ssss 0040 ftre ge

and notice that the tttt line is placed before the wwww line.

Any comments anyone ??

Linda.
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