Don't know what you use sort for Mike but it is critial to server
monitoring tools that parse system logfiles.
If it's so critical, why are you just learning about it now?
Good question. The only answer is that 'sort -M' works as expected
on the other platforms where we use it, including earlier versions of
gnu coreutils.
sort -u -k 1,1M -k 2,2n -k 3
Thanks. This may be a good workaround though it will have to be
tested cross-platform. For now the following logic should work:
if [ $OS = Linux -a $sort_version -gt 5.3.0 ]; then
SORT="sort -k 1,1M -k 2,2n -k 3"
else
SORT="sort -M"
fi
I have no interest in "causing the bug to get more attention"
and do not appreciate the accusation.
It wasn't an accusation, it was a statement of fact. I was also
the only reason I could think of why a problem with a relatively
uncommon option to a non-critical text processing utility would
be called "important".
Interesting response, though both subjective and incorrect. Can't
recall another like it in over 20 years of Unix/Linux bug reports
(though this was my first Debian bug report).
Roger Marquis
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