I meant the following code:

<xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="person">
                <xsl:sort select="fname"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

and

<xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:param name="sort">fname</xsl:param>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="person">
                <xsl:sort select="$sort"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>
</xsl:template>

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