sort -k doesn't handle locale
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Description
With bash
$ LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 locale abmon 2>/dev/null |
tr ';' '\n'|shuf| nl| LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 sort -k2,2M
8 janv.
5 févr.
12 mars
2 avril
11 mai
10 juin
4 juil.
6 août
3 sept.
7 oct.
9 nov.
1 déc.
with rut/coreutils:
LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 locale abmon 2>/dev/null |
tr ';' '\n'|shuf| nl| LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./target/debug/coreutils sort -k2,2M
3 avril
5 févr.
6 juin
8 mai
10 juil.
11 déc.
12 août
1 janv.
2 mars
7 sept.
4 oct.
9 nov.
Used in gnu tests/misc/sort-month
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Research direction
Start with the reported LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 reproduction for the sort command and compare it with GNU behavior. Read the GNU tests/misc/sort-month reference, then trace the sort month-key handling. Done means the Rust implementation orders localized month names like GNU sort under the shown locale.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, localization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100