Re: test-org-table/sort-lines: Failing test on macOS

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>]

[I am adding Rudolf's email back to CC just in case]

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

>> Should we then modify the test to set locale explicitly?
>
> Rudolf cited the context of this test and "C" locale is explicitly used 
> there.

Oops. Missed it. Thanks for the clarification.

>> Note that Rudolf is using Emacs 29.
>
> and macOS, so libc and locales version may be different as well.

[Max, correct me if my further suggestion is wrong.]

Rudolf, can you (1) try sort in terminal to confirm that "C" locale
behaves as expected in MacOS; (2) If sort works fine, you may consider
reporting Emacs bug.

> If libc is sane (assuming that sort is linked to the same libc)
>
> printf 'a\nb\n' | LC_COLLATE=C sort
> printf 'b\na\n' | LC_COLLATE=C sort
> printf 'A\nB\n' | LC_COLLATE=C sort
> printf 'B\nA\n' | LC_COLLATE=C sort
> printf 'a\nb\n' | LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8 sort
> printf 'b\na\n' | LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8 sort
> printf 'A\nB\n' | LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8 sort
> printf 'B\nA\n' | LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8 sort
>
> then you might face an Emacs bug.

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