As the PR states, the following command segfaults: $ sort -t: -k1f,1 -k1 /usr/share/misc/zipcodes The PR has a rather ugly "workaround". I believe the change below is the proper fix. I think putting the check in the else-clause just before the assignment just like in the if-clause makes the code easier to read as well. ok? Index: fields.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/sort/fields.c,v retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u ...

200MB on everyone's disk that they might need, or put up with people who have ADD? We'll put it on everyone's disk...

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Forman, Jeffrey Years of experimentation have proven that performing that search is among the most difficult tasks you can ask a computer user to perform.

Sorry, not going to change this. Before moving to the "always give people X", we had way too many people

Even with the current installer, we still see a number of people having problems installing packages because they don't have the necessary sets. If we changed the default, it would be much worse. Just type -x* at the sets prompt, if you're sure that's what you need.

That's true. I would submit a patch, but it would require every developer to carry around a deck of cards, 12 dice, and a large pot full of numbered balls... -kj

Only if the vicar's wife doesn't peek.