OBSOLETE Patch-ID# 110917-07

6556919 sort drops last input line
6627937 sort does not work correctly in ja/UTF-8 locales
 
(from 110917-06)
 
6178339 "sort -n" command with 0x86 as separator failed on a 2.7 G, 70 000 000 lines file
 
(from 110917-05)
 
4817791 sort command does not remove stmxxxxxxx temporary files after abort
4641790 sort could be more economical with memory during merge
4913776 temporary file handling fix incomplete
4851433 sort is excessively nostalgic about used temporary files
4897491 sort contains potentially unsafe code
 
(from 110917-04)
 
4725245 sort -n and -M misunderstand 1st field if it is NULL value when used with -t
 
(from 110917-03)
 
4361114 piping file through sort on Solaris 8 appears to produce incorrect results
4378104 sort command reports differently
4451778 sort specifying non-directory via -T should warn
4451806 sort -m on three files fails if one file is empty, with 5.8 sort patch 110916-01
4457354 sort delimiter-dependent output in various locales
4473934 sort using temp filenames /var/tmp/stm???? can cause abort
4507889 sort terminates with SIGBUS
4519797 sort doesn't handle lines missing NEWLINE
4615900 sort -y option can lead to segmentation fault
4615904 sort internal diagnostics are incomplete
 
(from 110917-02)
 
4404621 sort on LANG=ja, sort fails if descriptors=1024
 
(from 110917-01)
 
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 sort 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

--------------------------------
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 7-10 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.

-----------------------------
None.