diff --git a/coreutils/diff.c b/coreutils/diff.c
index 923239ab1..2ce681aff 100644
--- a/coreutils/diff.c
+++ b/coreutils/diff.c
@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@
 
 /* XXX: FIXME: the following variables should be static, but gcc currently
  * creates a much bigger object if we do this. [which version of gcc? --vda] */
-int context, status;
-char *start, *label[2];
+/* This is the default number of lines of context. */
+int context = 3;
+int status;
+char *start;
+const char *label1;
+const char *label2;
 struct stat stb1, stb2;
 char **dl;
 USE_FEATURE_DIFF_DIR(static int dl_count;)
@@ -276,7 +280,8 @@ static void prepare(int i, FILE * fd, off_t filesize)
 		sz = 100;
 
 	p = xmalloc((sz + 3) * sizeof(struct line));
-	for (j = 0; (h = readhash(fd));) {
+	j = 0;
+	while ((h = readhash(fd))) {
 		if (j == sz) {
 			sz = sz * 3 / 2;
 			p = xrealloc(p, (sz + 3) * sizeof(struct line));
@@ -735,14 +740,14 @@ static void dump_unified_vec(FILE * f1, FILE * f2)
 
 static void print_header(const char *file1, const char *file2)
 {
-	if (label[0] != NULL)
-		printf("%s %s\n", "---", label[0]);
+	if (label1)
+		printf("--- %s\n", label1);
 	else
-		printf("%s %s\t%s", "---", file1, ctime(&stb1.st_mtime));
-	if (label[1] != NULL)
-		printf("%s %s\n", "+++", label[1]);
+		printf("--- %s\t%s", file1, ctime(&stb1.st_mtime));
+	if (label2)
+		printf("+++ %s\n", label2);
 	else
-		printf("%s %s\t%s", "+++", file2, ctime(&stb2.st_mtime));
+		printf("+++ %s\t%s", file2, ctime(&stb2.st_mtime));
 }
 
 
@@ -771,8 +776,7 @@ static void change(char *file1, FILE * f1, char *file2, FILE * f2, int a,
 
 		max_context <<= 1;
 		context_vec_start = xrealloc(context_vec_start,
-									 max_context *
-									 sizeof(struct context_vec));
+				max_context * sizeof(struct context_vec));
 		context_vec_end = context_vec_start + max_context;
 		context_vec_ptr = context_vec_start + offset;
 	}
@@ -894,8 +898,8 @@ static int diffreg(char *ofile1, char *ofile2, int flags)
 {
 	char *file1 = ofile1;
 	char *file2 = ofile2;
-	FILE *f1 = NULL;
-	FILE *f2 = NULL;
+	FILE *f1;
+	FILE *f2;
 	int rval = D_SAME;
 	int i;
 
@@ -912,12 +916,18 @@ static int diffreg(char *ofile1, char *ofile2, int flags)
 		f1 = xfopen(bb_dev_null, "r");
 	else if (NOT_LONE_DASH(file1))
 		f1 = xfopen(file1, "r");
-
 	if (flags & D_EMPTY2)
 		f2 = xfopen(bb_dev_null, "r");
 	else if (NOT_LONE_DASH(file2))
 		f2 = xfopen(file2, "r");
 
+/* We can't diff non-seekable stream - we use rewind(), fseek().
+ * This can be fixed (volunteers?).
+ * Meanwhile we should check it here by stat'ing input fds,
+ * but I am lazy and check that in main() instead.
+ * Check in main won't catch "diffing fifos buried in subdirectories"
+ * failure scenario - not very likely in real life... */
+
 	i = files_differ(f1, f2, flags);
 	if (i == 0)
 		goto closem;
@@ -1169,48 +1179,32 @@ int diff_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *f1, *f2;
 	llist_t *L_arg = NULL;
 
-	opt_complementary = "L::";
+	/* exactly 2 params; collect multiple -L <label> */
+	opt_complementary = "=2:L::";
 	getopt32(argc, argv, "abdiL:NqrsS:tTU:wu"
 			"p" /* ignored (for compatibility) */,
 			&L_arg, &start, &U_opt);
-
-	if (option_mask32 & FLAG_L) {
-		while (L_arg) {
-			if (label[0] == NULL)
-				label[0] = L_arg->data;
-			else if (label[1] == NULL)
-				label[1] = L_arg->data;
-			else
-				bb_show_usage();
-
-			L_arg = L_arg->link;
-		}
-
-		/* If both label[0] and label[1] were set, they need to be swapped. */
-		if (label[0] && label[1]) {
-			char *tmp;
-
-			tmp = label[1];
-			label[1] = label[0];
-			label[0] = tmp;
-		}
-	}
-
-	context = 3;		/* This is the default number of lines of context. */
-	if (option_mask32 & FLAG_U) {
-		context = xatou_range(U_opt, 1, INT_MAX);
-	}
-	argc -= optind;
+	/*argc -= optind;*/
 	argv += optind;
+	while (L_arg) {
+		if (label1 && label2)
+			bb_show_usage();
+		if (!label1)
+			label1 = L_arg->data;
+		else { /* then label2 is NULL */
+			label2 = label1;
+			label1 = L_arg->data;
+		}
+		/* we leak L_arg here... */
+		L_arg = L_arg->link;
+	}
+	if (option_mask32 & FLAG_U)
+		context = xatou_range(U_opt, 1, INT_MAX);
 
 	/*
 	 * Do sanity checks, fill in stb1 and stb2 and call the appropriate
 	 * driver routine.  Both drivers use the contents of stb1 and stb2.
 	 */
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		bb_error_msg("missing filename");
-		bb_show_usage();
-	}
 
 	f1 = argv[0];
 	f2 = argv[1];
@@ -1239,8 +1233,12 @@ int diff_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 		if (S_ISDIR(stb2.st_mode)) {
 			f2 = concat_path_file(f2, f1);
-			xstat(argv[1], &stb2);
+			xstat(f2, &stb2);
 		}
+/* We can't diff e.g. stdin supplied by a pipe - we use rewind(), fseek().
+ * This can be fixed (volunteers?) */
+		if (!S_ISREG(stb1.st_mode) || !S_ISREG(stb2.st_mode))
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("can't diff non-seekable stream");
 		print_status(diffreg(f1, f2, 0), f1, f2, NULL);
 	}
 	return status;
diff --git a/coreutils/sort.c b/coreutils/sort.c
index c7abc3355..29cadf5f6 100644
--- a/coreutils/sort.c
+++ b/coreutils/sort.c
@@ -75,14 +75,10 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
 			end = 0;
 			for (i = 1; i < key->range[2*j] + j; i++) {
 				if (key_separator) {
-					/* Skip first separator */
-					while (str[end] == key_separator)
-						end++;
-					/* Skip body of key */
+					/* Skip body of key and separator */
 					while (str[end]) {
-						if (str[end] == key_separator)
+						if (str[end++] == key_separator)
 							break;
-						end++;
 					}
 				} else {
 					/* Skip leading blanks */
@@ -99,9 +95,6 @@ static char *get_key(char *str, struct sort_key *key, int flags)
 		}
 		if (!j) start = end;
 	}
-	/* Key with explicit separator starts after separator */
-	if (key_separator && str[start] == key_separator)
-		start++;
 	/* Strip leading whitespace if necessary */
 //XXX: skip_whitespace()
 	if (flags & FLAG_b)
diff --git a/testsuite/sort.tests b/testsuite/sort.tests
index 5a4937b58..df5f7c7dd 100755
--- a/testsuite/sort.tests
+++ b/testsuite/sort.tests
@@ -66,18 +66,38 @@ testing "sort key range with multiple options" "sort -k2,3rn input" \
 egg	1	2	papyrus
 " "$data" ""
 
+testing "sort with non-default leading delim 1" "sort -n -k2 -t/ input" "\
+/a/2
+/b/1
+" "\
+/a/2
+/b/1
+" ""
+
+testing "sort with non-default leading delim 2" "sort -n -k3 -t/ input" "\
+/b/1
+/a/2
+" "\
+/b/1
+/a/2
+" ""
+
+testing "sort with non-default leading delim 3" "sort -n -k3 -t/ input" "\
+//a/2
+//b/1
+" "\
+//a/2
+//b/1
+" ""
+
+testing "sort -u should consider field only when discarding" "sort -u -k2 input" "\
+a c
+" "\
+a c
+b c
+" ""
+
 testing "sort key doesn't strip leading blanks, disables fallback global sort" \
 "sort -n -k2 -t ' '" " a \n 1 \n 2 \n" "" " 2 \n 1 \n a \n"
 
-testing "sort key edge case with -t" "sort -n -k4 -t/" \
-"/usr/lib/finish-install.d/1
-/usr/lib/finish-install.d/4
-/usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/2
-/usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/6
-" "" "/usr/lib/finish-install.d/1
-/usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/2
-/usr/lib/finish-install.d/4
-/usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/6
-"
-
 exit $FAILCOUNT