/bin/sort bug
Doug Campbell
dougc at tekecs.UUCP
Thu Sep 1 02:57:37 AEST 1983
If you specify the sort to be performed on only one field
you cannot specify a specific ordering for the other unsorted
fields. The ordering for the unsorted fields is nondeterministic.
Therefore, I do not agree that sort should be producing the
"expected result" you posted. (Various sorting algorithms will
produce diferent results in the unsorted fields.)
I do not feel this is a bug in /bin/sort. If you really need
the "expected result" you posted, you should not be using
/bin/sort.
Doug Campbell
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