Bug#373704: sort -k does not count fields the same as gnu sort

[Rob Landley]

On Thursday 15 June 2006 4:27 am, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> The following bug seems to apply to trunk also. The attached patch
> should fix the problem.

The bug seems to be that gnu is violating the spec:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/sort.html

> A field comprises a maximal sequence of non-separating characters and, in
> the absence of option -t, any preceding field separator. 

Am I misreading?

Rob
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