Activity log for bug #56891

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-08-19 10:58:54 Ralph Corderoy bug added bug
2006-08-19 11:36:15 Ralph Corderoy coreutils: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2006-08-19 11:36:15 Ralph Corderoy coreutils: statusexplanation I think I've given sufficient detail to re-create the issue so it warrants further investigation. Waiting for someone else to hit the same problem and find this might mean it never gets confirmed otherwise.
2006-08-19 14:19:36 Ralph Corderoy coreutils: status Confirmed Rejected
2006-08-19 14:19:36 Ralph Corderoy coreutils: statusexplanation I think I've given sufficient detail to re-create the issue so it warrants further investigation. Waiting for someone else to hit the same problem and find this might mean it never gets confirmed otherwise. Sorry, this isn't a bug. -k1,$n doesn't sort on the first $n fields but on the numeric prefix of the first $n fields, i.e. the `/' tab character separating fields 1 and 2 stops the comparison.