#1068864 coreutils: join -a3 errors "invalid field number" even when no field number given

Package:
coreutils
Source:
coreutils
Description:
GNU core utilities
Submitter:
наб
Date:
2024-04-12 21:45:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1068864#5
Date:
2024-04-12 13:12:07 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

	$ join -a3 /dev/null /dev/null
	join: invalid field number: ‘3’

Not sure where field 3 came from here.

Best,
наб
#1068864#10
Date:
2024-04-12 21:40:25 UTC
From:
To:
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/6f63d53e1

I'll s/field/file/ upstream.

thanks,
Pádraig