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| author | Bruce Korb <bkorb@gnu.org> | 2008-08-14 06:24:59 -0700 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-08-15 09:52:06 +0200 |
| commit | 4c9fae4e97d95a9f89d1399a8aeb03051f0fec96 (patch) | |
| tree | 5df98709704785a5158f841f38c816472263f1bf /NEWS | |
| parent | a01c4720d6bd05798168654534c70a31a39e4828 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-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.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -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 |