<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 110916-02
Keywords: sort fields columns
Synopsis: Obsoleted by: 110916-03 SunOS 5.8: sort patch
Date: Apr/19/2001

Solaris Release: 8

SunOS Release: 5.8

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 110917

Topic: SunOS 5.8: sort patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4300461 4303258 4304444 4314724 4330831 4334641 4338929 4343080 4351862 4352007 4357085 4366860 4389764 4404621

Changes incorporated in this version: 4404621

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/bin/sparcv7/sort
/usr/bin/sparcv9/sort
/usr/xpg4/bin/sort

Problem Description:

4404621 *sort* on LANG=ja, sort fails if descriptors=1024
 
(from 110916-01)
 
4343080 *sort* sorts by wrong fields and columns
4300461 *sort* faults on illegal byte sequence or other read failure
4303258 *sort* reverse option on fields causes improper /usr/bin/sort output
4304444 when sorts needs to use temporary files, data corruption can result
4314724 sort -m prepends a new line character when given an empty input file
4330831 sort still gets field limits wrong
4334641 sort -m does not return merged data to stdout
4338929 sort argument parsing flawed in Solaris 8
4351862 *sort* could use diagnostic support for debugging purposes
4352007 *sort* (IA only) wrong result in multibyte locales
4357085 *sort* same field specifications incorrect; can cause segfault
4366860 *sort* output contains spurious partial lines in certain cases
4389764 *sort* can be much distressed in wide locale situations

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-8 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
----------------------------- 
 
None.

README -- Last modified date:  Monday, April 29, 2002

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