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authorBruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org>2008-08-14 06:24:59 -0700
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-08-15 09:52:06 +0200
commit4c9fae4e97d95a9f89d1399a8aeb03051f0fec96 (patch)
tree5df98709704785a5158f841f38c816472263f1bf /NEWS
parenta01c4720d6bd05798168654534c70a31a39e4828 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-4c9fae4e97d95a9f89d1399a8aeb03051f0fec96.tar.xz
sort: new option, --sort=version, for version number ordering
* src/sort.c [struct keyfield] (version): New member. (usage): Describe --version-sort. (sort_options): Add 'V'. (long_options): Add "version-sort". (CHECK_TABLE, _ct_, SORT_TABLE, _st_): Define new macros. (check_args, sort_args, sort_types): Use these new macros in declarations. (ARGMATCH_VERIFY): Remove use. No longer needed. (compare_version): New function. (key_compare): Add a case. (check_ordering_compatibility): Handle new type. (main): Likewise. Reformat two expressions for readability. * tests/misc/sort-version: new test file * tests/Makefile.am: add it to the list * doc/coreutils.texi (sort invocation): Document it. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
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@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
represents the maximum number of inputs that will be merged at once.
When processing more than NMERGE inputs, sort uses temporary files.
+ sort accepts still another new option --version-sort, specifying that
+ ordering is to be based on strverscmp(3).
+
** Bug fixes
chcon --verbose now prints a newline after each message