coreutils: join outputs wrong field order for -v option

join – join lines of two files on a common field

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=410270

Package: coreutils
Version: 5.97-5
Severity: normal


the join field is incorrect for the -v version.

#08-Thu-20-03-40 /tmp$ cat>|a
#a1,a2,c3,a4,a5
#a21,a22,a33,a44,a55
#08-Thu-20-05-07 /tmp$ cat>|b
#b1,b2,b3,c3,b5
#b21,b22,b33,b44,b55
#08-Thu-20-06-07 /tmp$                 join -t, -i -1 3 -2 4 a b
#c3,a1,a2,a4,a5,b1,b2,b3,b5
#08-Thu-20-06-10 /tmp$                 join -v 2 -t, -i -1 3 -2 4 a b
#b33,b21,b22,b44,b55
#08-Thu-20-06-15 /tmp$

thanks.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
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