bug#55212: GNU Linux "sort -g" can hang indefinitely when run on standard input if NaNs are involved

[Paul Eggert]

On 5/10/22 12:08, coreutils@tlinx.org wrote:
>     Unless there is some magic about -n1238095,

The test is random and there's no magic, just luck. The larger the 
random test, the more likely you'll run into the unlucky situation where 
the unpatched 'sort' infloops.