1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index 36f02543b..c2e8bb8de 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ static struct sort_key {
 
 static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
 {
-        int start = 0, end = 0, len, j;
+        int start = start; /* for compiler */
+        int end;
+        int len, j;
         unsigned i;
 
         /* Special case whole string, so we don't have to make a copy */
@@ -123,12 +125,15 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
                         end = len;
                 /* Loop through fields */
                 else {
+                        unsigned char ch = 0;
+
                         end = 0;
                         for (i = 1; i < key->range[2*j] + j; i++) {
                                 if (key_separator) {
                                         /* Skip body of key and separator */
-                                        while (str[end]) {
-                                                if (str[end++] == key_separator)
+                                        while ((ch = str[end]) != '\0') {
+                                                        end++;
+                                                if (ch == key_separator)
                                                         break;
                                         }
                                 } else {
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
                                         while (isspace(str[end]))
                                                 end++;
                                         /* Skip body of key */
-                                        while (str[end]) {
+                                        while (str[end] != '\0') {
                                                 if (isspace(str[end]))
                                                         break;
                                                 end++;
@@ -144,8 +149,13 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
                                 }
                         }
                         /* Remove last delim: "abc:def:" => "abc:def" */
-                        if (key_separator && j && end != 0)
+                        if (j && ch) {
+                                //if (str[end-1] != key_separator)
+                                //  bb_error_msg(_and_die("BUG! "
+                                //  "str[start:%d,end:%d]:'%.*s'",
+                                //  start, end, (int)(end-start), &str[start]);
                                 end--;
+                        }
                 }
                 if (!j) start = end;
         }