Package: coreutils Version: 5.97-5.3 Severity: important $ /usr/bin/printf '%-1.25000000s\n' 'Hello'
Is a quite good testcase :) FWIW libc printf seems to work properly. Further poking shows that it may be locale-dependant as the following works: $ LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/printf '%-1.25000000s\n' 'Hello' Hello -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.20-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.42-1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.8-1 SELinux shared libraries coreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
