bug#8032: Suggestion in re. error reports from 'comm'

2011-02-15 Thread Eric Blake
[let's keep the list in the loop] On 02/14/2011 07:51 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: Thanks for the report. Yes, per POSIX, the following list of rules should apply to ALL utilities that perform sorting (first one that applies wins): If LC_ALL is non-empty, honor that If LC_COLLATE is non-empty,

bug#8032: Suggestion in re. error reports from 'comm'

2011-02-14 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/13/2011 01:27 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: 'comm' uses LC_COLLATE or LC_ALL to establish the collation that it uses in its check for proper sorting of input. (I think this is true.) Thanks for the report. Yes, per POSIX, the following list of rules should apply to ALL utilities that perform

bug#8032: Suggestion in re. error reports from 'comm'

2011-02-13 Thread Paul E Condon
'comm' uses LC_COLLATE or LC_ALL to establish the collation that it uses in its check for proper sorting of input. (I think this is true.) The man page and info make no mention of LC_ALL (at least not as delivered in Debian squeeze) but LC_ALL seems to affect 'comm' behavior. When neither