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bug #19413: Regression in "et_al" refer(1) directive between 1.19 and 1.19.1

Submitter:  Darren Bane <dbane>
Submitted:  Sun 25 Mar 2007 11:50:19 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Preprocessor refer Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Incorrect behaviour Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  wl
Open/Closed:  Closed Planned Release:  1.20.0
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Sat 22 Jan 2022 02:59:20 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I think this is the fix Werner was referring to.


commit a1761005f1692584cea1bcdd9d79e8c6c91a157f
Author: Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 9 05:35:44 2008 +0000

    * src/preproc/ref/ref.cpp (reference::compute_sort_key): Do
    not insert SORT_SEP before the first field, so that sort_key
    has the same format as before the patch of 2003-08-23.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a6ef861e..5761eedb0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-05  Stephen Gildea  <http://www.gildea.com/stephen/>
+
+       * src/preproc/ref/ref.cpp (reference::compute_sort_key): Do
+       not insert SORT_SEP before the first field, so that sort_key
+       has the same format as before the patch of 2003-08-23.
[snip]


G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Group administrator
Thu 09 Oct 2008 05:35:45 AM UTC, comment #2: 

This is likely to be fixed now in the CVS.  Please test.
I'm closing this bug report now -- please reopen it in case
it doesn't work as expected.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Sun 27 Jul 2008 11:08:45 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Sorry for the late reply.  Somehow, the bug tracker on Savannah completely slipped through my radar.

Please check the current CVS whether you still see the problem.  In case this is so, please provide a small input file which I can use for debugging.

Werner LEMBERG <wl>
Group administrator
Sun 25 Mar 2007 11:50:19 PM UTC, original submission:  

I'm using "et_al 2 3" (the default).  In 1.19, a citation with many authors is formatted as (Smith et al ...  This is the correct behaviour.  However, in 1.19.1 (Smith, Jones et al ... is output instead.

Darren Bane <dbane>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2022-01-22 gbranden CategoryNone Preprocessor refer
        Item GroupNone Incorrect behaviour
        StatusNeed Info Fixed
        Planned ReleaseNone 1.20.0
    2008-10-09 wl Open/ClosedOpen Closed
    2008-07-27 wl StatusNone Need Info
        Assigned toNone wl

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