Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I saw that, but it seemed a non-problem to me: if the variables have
> >> not been exported then they won't affect the sort program anyway.
>
> > He probably had LANG, but not LC_ALL, already exported in his
> > environment.
>
> Ah, right, that would explain it.
>
> > That's not possible, because LC_ALL overrides everything.
>
> I hadn't realized that, but you seem to be right. Okay, setting
> LC_ALL correctly should be sufficient.
OK, new code is:
LC_ALL=C
export LC_ALL
sort tags >/tmp/$$ && mv /tmp/$$ tags
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