Bug 138748

Summary:	app-editors/emacs-21.4-r3 - "M-x sort-columns" error "/usr/bin/sort: invalid option -- 0"
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Don Colton <gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Emacs project <emacs>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Don Colton 2006-07-01 11:03:44 UTC

This has been a problem for a month or two.  The workaround is to cut and paste columns into a different order and then M-x sort-lines instead.  But I am hoping it is a small configuration detail that can be fixed to restore functionality.

emerge -p emacs
[ebuild   R   ] app-editors/emacs-21.4-r3  

emerge --info

Portage 2.1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2006.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.6-r4, 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.11-gentoo-r6 i686 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz
Gentoo Base System version 1.6.15
dev-lang/python:     2.3.5-r2, 2.4.3-r1
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5
dev-util/ccache:     [Not Present]
dev-util/confcache:  [Not Present]
sys-apps/sandbox:    1.2.17
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.13, 2.59-r7
sys-devel/automake:  1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2
sys-devel/binutils:  2.16.1-r3
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r2
sys-devel/libtool:   1.5.22
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.11-r2
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=i386 -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=i386 -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoconfig buildpkg distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://linux.byuh.edu/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X alsa apache2 apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cli crypt cups dri eds emboss encode esd foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 isdnlog jpeg kde libg++ libwww mad mbox mikmod motif mp3 mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openssh oss pam pcre pdflib perl php png pppd python qt qt3 qt4 quicktime readline reflection samba sdl session spell spl ssl tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev vorbis xml xmms xorg xv zlib elibc_glibc input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse input_devices_evdev kernel_linux userland_GNU"
Unset:  CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

Comment 1 Matthew Kennedy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-20 22:20:27 UTC

Do you have any customization in your ~/.emacs which could be causing problems?  Try starting emacs with -q and then try to reproduce.

Comment 2 Don Colton 2006-08-21 01:49:18 UTC

I started emacs with -q and reproduced the problem immediately.
My .emacs file mainly sets up things for rmail.