sort: no bug (was: Re: sort: bug in handling of -k r.s,x.y)

[Walter Belgers]

In article <address@hidden>, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>|> I think I've found a bug in sort. When using the field.character
>|> notation in the -k option, all works fine when sorting the first field.
>|> However, for fields 2 and up, specifying a begin and end character
>|> within the field does not work correctly.
>
>No, the results are correct.  From SUS2:
>
>A field comprises a maximal sequence of non-separating characters and, in
>the absence of option -t, any preceding field separator.
>                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Argh. And I thought reading the specs twice was enough not to miss
anything important. Thanks for making things clear!

Walter.
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