Eric Blake wrote, On 04/06/2011 06:36 PM: > On 04/06/2011 04:04 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> On 06/04/11 22:26, Assaf Gordon wrote: >>> I'm wondering if this is a bug (where "-f" is ignored when using version >>> sort): >> >> The same happens for any ordering option. >> If any is specified for the key, then all global options are ignored. >> This is specified by POSIX and here it's demonstrated on solaris: >> > Not only that, but --debug would have told you the same: >
"--debug" did tell me that, but I thought it's a bug, not a feature. I assumed "-f" is accumulative, not overridden when specifying per-key sort order - I should have read the docs more carefully. Thanks for the quick and detailed response. -gordon
