Bug#581793: gawk: precision ignored for %s

[Marcin Szewczyk]

I can propose a patch (attached).

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--- gawk-3.1.7.dfsg/builtin.c	2009-07-09 21:31:27.000000000 +0200
+++ gawk-3.1.7.dfsg-patched/builtin.c	2010-05-16 01:45:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -1219,8 +1219,7 @@
 				;
 			else if (gawk_mb_cur_max > 1 && (cs1 == 's' || cs1 == 'c')) {
 				assert(cp == arg->stptr || cp == cpbuf);
-				copy_count = mbc_byte_count(arg->stptr,
-						cs1 == 's' ? arg->stlen : 1);
+				copy_count = mbc_byte_count(arg->stptr, prec);
 			}
 			bchunk(cp, copy_count);
 			while (fw > prec) {