[Bug libc/374] New: The rules in LC_COLLATE are random and sometimes clearly wrong

[munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa]

[root@localhost home]# LC_COLLATE=en_US ls -- 0 a A -a a- aa "a a" a-a "a z"
0  a  -a  a-  A  aa  a a  a-a  a z
[root@localhost home]# LC_COLLATE=en_CA ls -- 0 a A -a a- aa "a a" a-a "a z"
0  A  a  -a  a-  aa  a a  a-a  a z
[root@localhost home]# LC_COLLATE=da ls -- 0 a A -a a- aa "a a" a-a "a z"
-a  0  A  a  a a  a z  a-  a-a  aa
[root@localhost home]# LC_COLLATE=ar_SA ls -- 0 a A -a a- aa "a a" a-a "a z"
0  A  a  a a  a z  aa  a-  a-a  -a

da: (the character "-" has a 1st order sorting value, coming before letters and
numbers; on most other locales "-" is ignored in sorting)
ar_SA: (note how ar_SA handles "-" as a collatable element coming after "z")

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           Summary: The rules in LC_COLLATE are random and sometimes clearly
                    wrong
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.3.3
            Status: NEW
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: libc
        AssignedTo: gotom at debian dot or dot jp
        ReportedBy: munzirtaha at newhorizons dot com dot sa
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com,pablo at
                    mandrakesoft dot com


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=374

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