Hi,
On Sun, Dec 15, 2024 at 10:02:42PM +0100, наб wrote:
> > Should we file a bug against glibc strverscmp(3)? We probably should.
> >
> > And the reference to sort(1), I'd put it in BUGS, saying that this API
> > is broken, and does not sort properly. Sounds good?
> No, this API works as-documented, and the implementation is useful.
What does useful mean?
> It's just not what ls -v does.
While version sort isn't something standard, I think GNU should be
self-consistent.
> @@ -44,6 +33,10 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
> .BR LC_COLLATE ,
> so is meant mostly for situations
> where the strings are expected to be in ASCII.
> +This is different from the ordering produced by
> +.BR sort (1)
> +.BR -V .
> +.\" because it considers a-1.0.1a < a-1.0a; this is not what you want
Re: "it": sort(1) -V or strverscmp(3)?
(it's the latter, I think, but don't use "it".)
Re: "this is not what you want": Who is "you"? What is "this"? And why
does "you" not want "this"?
Please clarify.
Cheers,
Alex
> .P
> What this function does is the following.
> If both strings are equal, return 0.
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> 2.39.5
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