I am encountering this bug too in oracular, and it is breaking a lot of my scripts. A workaround is to use /usr/bin/printf instead of the bash builtin until this is fixed. I do not understand why the Debian folks reverted the severity from critical to normal as this is breaking external programs. Moving severity to critical.
** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1078556 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078556 ** Also affects: bash (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078556 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2083131 Title: Bash's builtin command "printf" has a grave functionality bug - fails to print the format like "%.2f .1" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/2083131/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
