As there are many questions here on this mailing list regarding "strange sort behaviour" and most are redirected to the FAQ, what about adding the URL to the info page?
I'm not very strong in texi syntax, so please adjust it to your needs. Have a nice day, Berny >From 968e279e0089efcf19a8e863c8245bda2c8d3973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernhard Voelker <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:22:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: sort: add link to Coreutils FAQ for common pitfalls * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Add link to Coreutils FAQ #22. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 39c9bbf..75485c8 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3880,6 +3880,10 @@ other than @option{--reverse} (@option{-r}) were specified. The comparison} so that lines in which all fields compare equal are left in their original relative order. The @option{--unique} (@option{-u}) option also disables the last-resort comparison. +For more details, see the source code or read about common pitfalls in +the @acronym{FAQ} topic +@uref{https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#Sort-does-not-sort-in-normal-order_0021, +@samp{Sort does not sort in normal order}}. @vindex LC_ALL @vindex LC_COLLATE -- 1.7.7
