More information still. The problem lies with the strcoll function, which I verified with a small C program that tries to sort the two strings in question, and with any of the utf8 locales, strcoll gives the wrong answer.
I don't know how to change the "Affects" field of this bug, but it should therefore be a libc bug. My version of libc: ii libc6-dev 2.4-1ubuntu12 GNU C Library: Development Libraries I posted this to the bug-coreutils list too and there was some discussion, including one person who reproduced it with Debian unstable - his glibc is: ii libc6-dev 2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Development Libraries That thread starts here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-01/msg00184.html This seems like something pretty serious since it affects default locales and any application that requires sorting, which would be just about everything. -- sort order incorrect https://launchpad.net/bugs/75705 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
