On 7/22/11 12:32 PM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
>>> On 07/20/2011 07:34 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
BTW, the code for the built-in printf has a bug. For negative
field-widths it negates a negative integer without checking it
will fit. E.g. on this 64-bit machine
Hi Jim,
> > On 07/20/2011 07:34 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > > BTW, the code for the built-in printf has a bug. For negative
> > > field-widths it negates a negative integer without checking it
> > > will fit. E.g. on this 64-bit machine
> > >
> > > $ printf '%-9223372036854775808s.\n' foo
retitle 9129 printf: RFE: reject field width larger than INT_MAX
tags 9129 notabug
thanks
Eric Blake wrote:
> [adding coreutils]
>
> On 07/20/2011 07:34 AM, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>> BTW, the code for the built-in printf has a bug. For negative
>> field-widths it negates a negative integer without
