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0001591

[BusyBox] Standards Compliance

minor

always

11-15-07 07:29

02-13-08 06:30

Reporter

Stanislav Brabec

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public

Assigned To

BusyBox

Priority

normal

Resolution

fixed

Status

closed

Product Version

1.4.x

Summary

0001591: inconsistent behavior of sort -z

Description

busybox sort -z does:
use NUL instead of EOL on input

GNU sort -z does:
use NUL instead of EOL on input and output

GNU sort -z documents:
use NUL instead of EOL on input

Additional Information

Note that sort -z is not part of any standard. But several applications (e. g. GNU findutils updatedb) depends on the NUL-on-output behavior.

GNU sort documentation bug was reported to coreutils maintainers.

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(0004364) vda 02-13-08 06:30	Fixed in revision 21004. Thanks!

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
11-15-07 07:29	Stanislav Brabec	New Issue
11-15-07 07:29	Stanislav Brabec	Status	new => assigned
11-15-07 07:29	Stanislav Brabec	Assigned To	=> BusyBox
02-13-08 06:30	vda	Status	assigned => closed
02-13-08 06:30	vda	Note Added: 0004364
02-13-08 06:30	vda	Resolution	open => fixed