GNU bug report logs - #26319
sort -u deletes characters it shouldn't

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: sort-u <at> re-gister.com

Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:35:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: sort-u <at> re-gister.com
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: sort -u deletes characters it shouldn't
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 23:27:53 +0200

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sort (GNU coreutils) 8.26local of the system: en_US.UTF-8contents of /etc/locale.conf:LANG=en_US.UTF-8LC_TIME=fr_FR.UTF-8LC_NUMERIC=fr_FR.UTF-8========================================$ echo $'䜌\n龹' | sort -uExpected output:龹䜌Actual output:䜌

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bug#26319; Package coreutils. (Fri, 31 Mar 2017 05:16:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: sort-u <at> re-gister.com, 26319 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26319: sort -u deletes characters it shouldn't
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:15:04 -0700

tag 26319 notabug
close 26319
stop

On 30/03/17 14:27, sort-u <at> re-gister.com wrote:
> sort (GNU coreutils) 8.26
> $ echo $'䜌\n龹' | sort -u
> Expected output:龹䜌
> Actual output:䜌

That's because the strcoll() in that locale is comparing them as equal.
This needs to be addressed in the locale data for glibc etc.

thanks,
Pádraig
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 26319 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and sort-u <at> re-gister.com Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:00:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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