diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2150a45e..2d408715 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-04-19  Dmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>
 
+	* signalent.sh: Fix sort(1) old-style options.
+	* syscallent.sh: Likewise.
+	Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
 	* count.c (call_summary_pers): Check calloc() return value.
 	Signed-off-by: "Yang Zhiguo" <yzgcsu@cn.fujitsu.com>
 
diff --git a/signalent.sh b/signalent.sh
index de4bf6ec..9a346ddb 100644
--- a/signalent.sh
+++ b/signalent.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 cat $* |
 	sed -n -e 's/\/\*.*\*\// /' -e 's/^#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*SIG\([^_ 	]*\)[ 	][ 	]*\([0-9][0-9]*\)[ 	]*$/\1 \2/p' |
-	sort +1n |
+	sort -k2n | uniq |
 	awk '
 	BEGIN {
 		tabs = "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"
diff --git a/syscallent.sh b/syscallent.sh
index 2d2aa5a0..636cedeb 100644
--- a/syscallent.sh
+++ b/syscallent.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ cat ${1+"$@"} |
 	sed -n 's/^#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*SYS_\([^ 	]*\)[ 	]*[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\).*$/\1 \2/p
 s/^#[ 	]*define[ 	][ 	]*__NR_\([^ 	]*\)[ 	]*[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\).*$/\1 \2/p
 s/^#[ ]*define[ ][ ]*__NR_\([^ ]*\)[ ]*[^0-9()]*(__NR_Linux + \([0-9]*\))$/\1 \2/p' |
-	sort +1n | uniq |
+	sort -k2n | uniq |
 	awk '
 	BEGIN {
 		tabs = "\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t"