diff --git a/coreutils-7.1-sort-endoffields.patch b/coreutils-7.1-sort-endoffields.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22e336f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils-7.1-sort-endoffields.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+diff -urNp coreutils-7.1-orig/src/sort.c coreutils-7.1/src/sort.c
+--- coreutils-7.1-orig/src/sort.c	2009-02-25 16:15:52.000000000 +0100
++++ coreutils-7.1/src/sort.c	2009-02-25 16:20:35.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1598,6 +1598,9 @@ limfield_uni (const struct line *line, c
+   size_t eword = key->eword, echar = key->echar;
+   size_t remaining_bytes;
+ 
++  if (echar == 0)
++    eword++; /* skip all of end field. */
++
+   /* Move PTR past EWORD fields or to one past the last byte on LINE,
+      whichever comes first.  If there are more than EWORD fields, leave
+      PTR pointing at the beginning of the field having zero-based index,
+@@ -1673,19 +1676,22 @@ limfield_uni (const struct line *line, c
+     }
+ #endif
+ 
+-  /* If we're ignoring leading blanks when computing the End
+-     of the field, don't start counting bytes until after skipping
+-     past any leading blanks. */
+-  if (key->skipeblanks)
+-    while (ptr < lim && blanks[to_uchar (*ptr)])
+-      ++ptr;
+ 
+-  /* Advance PTR by ECHAR (if possible), but no further than LIM.  */
+-  remaining_bytes = lim - ptr;
+-  if (echar < remaining_bytes)
+-    ptr += echar;
+-  else
+-    ptr = lim;
++  if (echar != 0) /* We need to skip over a portion of the end field.  */
++    {
++      if (key->skipeblanks) /* blanks not counted in echar.  */
++        {
++          while (ptr < lim && blanks[to_uchar (*ptr)])
++            ++ptr;
++        }
++
++      /* Advance PTR by ECHAR (if possible), but no further than LIM.  */
++      remaining_bytes = lim - ptr;
++      if (echar < remaining_bytes)
++        ptr += echar;
++      else
++        ptr = lim;
++    }
+ 
+   return ptr;
+ }
+@@ -3736,12 +3742,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
+ 		  badfieldspec (optarg, N_("field number is zero"));
+ 		}
+ 	      if (*s == '.')
+-		s = parse_field_count (s + 1, &key->echar,
+-				       N_("invalid number after `.'"));
+-	      else
+ 		{
+-		  /* `-k 2,3' is equivalent to `+1 -3'.  */
+-		  key->eword++;
++                 s = parse_field_count (s + 1, &key->echar,
++                                        N_("invalid number after `.'"));
+ 		}
+ 	      s = set_ordering (s, key, bl_end);
+ 	    }
+diff -urNp coreutils-7.1-orig/tests/misc/sort coreutils-7.1/tests/misc/sort
+--- coreutils-7.1-orig/tests/misc/sort	2009-01-27 22:11:25.000000000 +0100
++++ coreutils-7.1/tests/misc/sort	2009-02-25 16:21:48.000000000 +0100
+@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ my @Tests =
+ ["07b", '-k 2,3', {IN=>"a a b\nz a a\n"}, {OUT=>"z a a\na a b\n"}],
+ ["07c", '-k 2,3', {IN=>"y k b\nz k a\n"}, {OUT=>"z k a\ny k b\n"}],
+ ["07d", '+1 -3', {IN=>"y k b\nz k a\n"}, {OUT=>"z k a\ny k b\n"}],
++["07e", '-k 2,3.0', {IN=>"a a b\nz a a\n"}, {OUT=>"z a a\na a b\n"}],
++
+ #
+ # report an error for `.' without following char spec
+ ["08a", '-k 2.,3', {EXIT=>2},
+@@ -210,6 +212,10 @@ my @Tests =
+ # key start and key end.
+ ["18e", '-nb -k1.1,1.2', {IN=>" 901\n100\n"}, {OUT=>"100\n 901\n"}],
+ 
++# When ignoring leading blanks for end position, ensure blanks from
++# next field are not included in the sort. I.E. order should not change here.
++["18f", '-k1,1b', {IN=>"a  y\na z\n"}, {OUT=>"a  y\na z\n"}],
++
+ # This looks odd, but works properly -- 2nd keyspec is never
+ # used because all lines are different.
+ ["19a", '+0 +1nr', {IN=>"b 2\nb 1\nb 3\n"}, {OUT=>"b 1\nb 2\nb 3\n"}],
diff --git a/coreutils.spec b/coreutils.spec
index cedba46..a9836da 100644
--- a/coreutils.spec
+++ b/coreutils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A set of basic GNU tools commonly used in shell scripts
 Name:    coreutils
 Version: 7.1
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 License: GPLv3+
 Group:   System Environment/Base
 Url:     http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Source202:  coreutils-su-l.pamd
 Source203:  coreutils-runuser-l.pamd
 
 # From upstream
+Patch1: coreutils-7.1-sort-endoffields.patch
 
 # Our patches
 Patch100: coreutils-6.10-configuration.patch
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
 %setup -q
 
 # From upstream
+%patch1 -p1 -b .endfield
 
 # Our patches
 %patch100 -p1 -b .configure
@@ -309,6 +311,10 @@ fi
 /sbin/runuser
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 25 2009 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 7.1-3
+- fix couple of bugs (including #485715) in sort with
+  determining end of fields(upstream)
+
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Ondrej Vasik <ovasik@redhat.com> 7.1-2
 - workaround libcap issue with broken headers (#483548)
 - fix gnulib testsuite failure (4x77 (skip) is not