On September 21, 2022 8:58 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: >On 9/20/22 18:48, rsbec...@nexbridge.com wrote: >> I am sorry to say that the %j prefix is not safe or portable. There >> are major production platforms where this is not supported. I work on >> one of them. > >Which platform and version? I'd like to document this in Gnulib. Some other GNU >programs are using %j now so it might make sense for you to file an enhancement >request at some point, assuming %j is not supported even in the latest version >of >the platform. > >Anyway, thanks, revised GNU Make patch attached; it does not assume %j.
I'm going to back away from complaining on this. The platform I thought did not support it was HPE NonStop but it appears that I was looking at an old OS version. The current set of supported operating system releases support %j. Sincerely, Randall
