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Date:      Thu, 4 Feb 1999 06:03:49 +0300
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        "D. Rock" <rock@wurzelausix.CS.Uni-SB.DE>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, joerg@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: locale errors
Message-ID:  <19990204060349.A40565@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199902040250.DAA01966@vodix.aremorika>; from rock@wurzelausix.CS.Uni-SB.DE on Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 03:50:21AM %2B0100
References:  <199902040250.DAA01966@vodix.aremorika>

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On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 03:50:21AM +0100, D. Rock wrote:
> Sorting treats "ss" as a single character instead of two. This leads
> to some interesting (at least) errors in displaying sorted output.
> 
> My locale is set do de_DE.ISO_8859-1, not de_DE.ASCII
> If I type 2 characters ss, I mean 2 characters ss. If I type ß I
> mean the single character ß.
> This sorting behaviour is just wrong. Not every apperence of "ss"
> even in pure  ASCII does mean "ß".
> 
> I suggest removing any multi character definition out of the collate
> files.

It was Joerg initiative, I don't know DE enough to judge here. Please
resolve this problem with him (CC'ed).

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
ache@null.net
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