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-rwxr-xr-xtests/misc/sort-rand14
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+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-07-26 Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com>
+
+ sort: Improve sort --random-sort test.
+ * tests/misc/sort-rand: If "locale" is available pick a random
+ non-C locale and check "sort --random-sort" behavior using it.
+
2007-07-24 Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
sort: add a test to exercise the affected code.
diff --git a/tests/misc/sort-rand b/tests/misc/sort-rand
index 0380af8c2..c6dd597e3 100755
--- a/tests/misc/sort-rand
+++ b/tests/misc/sort-rand
@@ -49,4 +49,18 @@ cmp in out > /dev/null && { fail=1; echo "not random?" 1>&2; }
sort -n out > out1
cmp in out1 || { fail=1; echo "not a permutation" 1>&2; }
+# If locale is available then use it to find a random non-C locale.
+if (locale --version) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+ locale=`locale -a | sort --random-sort | awk '/^.._/{print;exit}'`
+ LC_ALL=$locale sort --random-sort in > out1 || fail=1
+ LC_ALL=$locale sort --random-sort in > out2 || fail=1
+
+ # Fail if the output "randomly" is the same twice in a row.
+ cmp out1 out2 > /dev/null && { fail=1; echo "not random with LC_ALL=$locale" 1>&2; }
+
+ # Fail if the sorted output is not the same as the input.
+ sort -n out > out1
+ cmp in out1 || { fail=1; echo "not a permutation with LC_ALL=$locale" 1>&2; }
+fi
+
(exit $fail); exit $fail