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dpkg-awk package

Sorting the output with -s/--sort doesn't work

Bug #1093674 reported by Sergey Romanov on 2012-12-25

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg-awk (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #556651
	dpkg-awk (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Option -s/--sort is supposed to sort the output, but doesn't. Attached diff fixes the problem.

Actually, the patch fixes two unrelated bugs. One prevents sorting altogether, another one shows up only when specifying several sorting fields. The patch uses 'delete array' which is non-POSIX, but supported by all awk versions currently in Debian (mawk, gawk, original-awk). Moreover, 'delete array' has recently been accepted for inclusion into POSIX: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=544

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Sergey Romanov (sml-uni) wrote on 2012-12-25:

Fix sorting of the output Edit (495 bytes, text/plain)

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-12-25

Changed in dpkg-awk (Debian):
status:	Unknown → New

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-12-25:

The attachment "Fix sorting of the output" of this bug report has been identified as being a patch. The ubuntu-reviewers team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review the patch. In the event that this is in fact not a patch you can resolve this situation by removing the tag 'patch' from the bug report and editing the attachment so that it is not flagged as a patch. Additionally, if you are member of the ubuntu-reviewers team please also unsubscribe the team from this bug report.

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Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig) wrote on 2012-12-30:

Triaged: Reporter has found and fixed problem
Low: Easy work around.

Changed in dpkg-awk (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Triaged

Sergey Romanov (sml-uni) on 2013-01-01

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2017-11-15:

This bug was fixed in the package dpkg-awk - 1.2+nmu1

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dpkg-awk (1.2+nmu1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Mark the package as M-A: foreign. Closes: #842525.
  * Fix sorting (-s option). LP: #1093674. Closes: #556651.
  * Enable two-letter short option -rs. LP: #1093672. Closes: #586040.
  * Drop dependency on gawk. The only feature used by dpkg-awk beyond those
    required by POSIX is 'delete array'. This extension is supported by all
    awk variants currently in Debian. LP: #1092539.
  * Bump standards version.

-- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 15 Nov 2017 08:23:19 +0100