bug#7305: sort command not working in version 5.5 as it did in 4.7

[Pádraig Brady]

On 18/11/10 04:03, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 11/17/2010 05:41 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 
>> Yes that is marginally safer but less useful in the common
>> case of using an isolated +...
>>
>> $ sort --debug +1
>> sort: using `en_US.utf8' sorting rules
>> sort: non-portable file name +1; use ./+1 instead
>> sort: open failed: +1: No such file or directory
> 
> Is the issue here that the two error messages are confusing, and
> that there should be just one?

No, the issue is that the warning is about file names,
while almost certainly the user would like to get the
info about old key syntax.  The chance that the above
warning about file names is appropriate is very low.

cheers,
Pâdraig.