Hi John,
> I'd like to use the filemode module in a C++ file but found that it
> does not have extern "C" magic. I started to submit a patch, but
> stopped when I saw that filemode.h has
>
> # if HAVE_DECL_STRMODE
> # include /* FreeBSD, OpenBSD */
> # include /* NetBSD */
> # else
>
Hi,
I'd like to use the filemode module in a C++ file but found that it
does not have extern "C" magic. I started to submit a patch, but
stopped when I saw that filemode.h has
# if HAVE_DECL_STRMODE
# include /* FreeBSD, OpenBSD */
# include /* NetBSD */
# else
void strmode (mode_t
Bruno Haible wrote:
>> Before embarking on changes to (or duplication of) infrastructure like
>> the *at functions, please tell us about your motivation. Why do you care
>> about whether openat may abort under unusual circumstances
>
> The reason is so that libposix can offer openat() and getcwd()
Bruno Haible wrote:
> The bug affects not only %f but also %g, and it can lead to a SIGSEGV.
>
> Reproduce with the bash 3.2.1 built-in:
...
> or with the printf program from coreutils 8.4:
>
> $ env LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 printf "%'.5g\\n" 999.996
> 1000
> $ env LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 printf "%'.4g\\n" 99
Bruno Haible wrote:
> The bug affects not only %f but also %g, and it can lead to a SIGSEGV.
>
> Reproduce with the bash 3.2.1 built-in:
>
> $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 bash -c "printf \"%'.5gn\" 999.996"
> 1000
> $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 bash -c "printf \"%'.4gn\" .996"
> Segmentation fault
> $ L
