Re: bin/56775: sort -o foo foo can sometines remove foo

"RVP via gnats" <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 23:00:02 +0000 (UTC)

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The following reply was made to PR bin/56775; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: RVP <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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Subject: Re: bin/56775: sort -o foo foo can sometines remove foo
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 22:57:24 +0000 (UTC)

 On Mon, 4 Apr 2022, RVP wrote:
 
 > Subject: Re: bin/56775: sort -o foo foo can sometines remove foo
 > Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 21:39:51 +0000 (UTC)
 >
 > Noticed another problem with sort: the -o flag doesn't preserve
 > the original file type. FIFOs and symlinks are turned into ordinary
 > files:
 >
 
 Bump!
 
 Any more work needed to get this in?
 
 -RVP