From e7a3d633ca14636931c46381cc24ad9c37ea64a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Levine <_@thomaslevine.com> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 11:53:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] sort dependency --- readme.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 0c38cd5..47c41e8 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -46,6 +46,17 @@ Urchin depends on the following programs. All of the above programs are usually included on base BSD installations. On GNU systems it should be sufficient to install the busybox package. +Urchin uses sort to format its output. GNU sort (as of GNU coreutils version +8.24) lacks the ability to sort in lexicographic order, and this feature is +necessary for the output to look right. If your version of sort lacks this +feature, Urchin will try to use one of the following tools for sorting. + +If no acceptable sorting program is available, Urchin will print a warning +and use the incomplete sort that is installed on your system. This is not a +big deal; if your test files all start with alphanumeric letters, the output +should look fine. + + ## Install Urchin is contained in a single file, so you can install it by copying it to a directory in your `PATH`. For example, you can run the following as root.