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| -rw-r--r-- | coreutils/sort.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c index 8ffd0cf44..c24b62681 100644 --- a/coreutils/sort.c +++ b/coreutils/sort.c @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int compare_keys(const void *xarg, const void *yarg) /* So far lines are "the same" */ if (option_mask32 & FLAG_s) { - /* "Stable sort": later line is "smaller", + /* "Stable sort": later line is "greater than", * IOW: do not allow qsort() to swap equal lines. */ uint32_t *p32; @@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ static int compare_keys(const void *xarg, const void *yarg) p32 = (void*)(line + len); y32 = *p32; - retval = x32 > y32; + /* If x > y, 1, else -1 */ + retval = (x32 > y32) * 2 - 1; } else if (!(option_mask32 & FLAG_no_tie_break)) { /* fallback sort */ |