[Bug localedata/259] New: sorting in en_US locale ignores non-letters

kjetilho at ifi dot uio dot no sourceware-bugzilla@sources.redhat.com
Thu Jul 8 21:11:00 GMT 2004


when sorting names, I expect last names (first word) to be grouped together.
this isn't happening.  Glibc seems to ignore any non-letters in the string.

  $ printf "Smith, Abel\nSmith, Elias\nSmithee, Alan\n" | LC_COLLATE=en_US sort
  Smith, Abel
  Smithee, Alan
  Smith, Elias

the same thing happens in nn_NO, sq_AL and probably many others.

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           Summary: sorting in en_US locale ignores non-letters
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.3.2
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: pere at hungry dot com
        ReportedBy: kjetilho at ifi dot uio dot no
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=259

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