#36 paste 2.1 doesn't work (2.0 did work)

[Anonymous]

I have identical files bbb ccc ddd eee ... that contain six lines:
1
2
3
4
5
6

When I say

paste bbb ccc ddd eee

I get

1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6

as expected when using the 2.0 version. But whe using the 2.1 version (the one from the most recent update) I get

1
2
3
4
5
6

Which is wrong, of course.