>Number:         8773
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sort doesn't newline terminate error messages
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 10 06:03:00 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Johan Danielsson
>Organization:
>Release:        1999-11-10
>Environment:
	<machine, os, target, libraries (multiple lines)>
System: NetBSD blubb.pdc.kth.se 1.4M NetBSD 1.4M (BLUBB) #88: Tue Nov 9 20:40:15 CET 1999 joda@blubb.pdc.kth.se:/usr/misc/src/netbsd/anoncvs/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/BLUBB i386


>Description:
>How-To-Repeat:

$ sort +x /dev/null 2>&1 | od -c
0000000    i   n   v   a   l   i   d       f   i   e   l   d       s   p
0000020    e   c   i   f   i   c   a   t   i   o   n       `   +   x   '
0000040

>Fix:

--- sort.c	1996/03/21 18:35:47	1.7
+++ sort.c	1999/11/10 13:59:08
@@ -1857,6 +1857,7 @@
   if (e)
     fprintf(stderr,"error %d:", e);
   fprintf(stderr, s, s1);
+  fprintf(stderr, "\n");
   if (n)
     exit(n);
 }
>Audit-Trail:
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