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This makes it even harder to discuss problems with Umlauts :-). Andreas Seltenreich schrob: > Klaus Ita schrob: > >> another "funny" thing is: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/.mutt$ [EMAIL PROTECTED] sort /tmp/testfile >> Abend >> Oma >> Ãterreich >> Ãerflieger >> Unter >> Zetrix >> >> this is also wrong (There should be 'Unter' and then 'U:berflieger' >> [Überflieger]). so is this a libc bug? I think I got your point now. Libc appears to be using iso-14651 sorting for all "de" locales. I'm afraid you will have compile a customized locale to depart from that. regards, Andreas -- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend