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doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. * doc/**/*.texi: For bugs that exist in both Solaris 11.3 and 11.4, mention Solaris 11.4. * m4/printf.m4: Update comments about Solaris. * m4/log.m4: Likewise. * m4/log10.m4: Likewise. * m4/logb.m4: Likewise. * m4/logbf.m4: Likewise. * m4/logbl.m4: Likewise. * m4/rename.m4: Likewise. * m4/wcrtomb.m4: Likewise. * m4/hostent.m4: Likewise. * m4/servent.m4: Likewise.
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1 @node obstack_printf
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2 @subsection @code{obstack_printf}
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3 @findex obstack_printf
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5 Gnulib module: obstack-printf or obstack-printf-posix
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8 @code{obstack-printf} or @code{obstack-printf-posix}:
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9 @itemize
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10 @item
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11 This function is missing on all non-glibc platforms:
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12 Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 14, Interix 3.5, BeOS, Android 9.0.
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15 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{ostack-printf-posix}:
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16 @itemize
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17 @item
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18 This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
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19 @code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
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20 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
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21 @item
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22 printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
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24 @item
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25 printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
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28 @item
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29 This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
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62 @item
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63 printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
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66 @item
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67 This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
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70 @item
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71 This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
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73 @item
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74 This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
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76 @end itemize
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79 @itemize
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80 @end itemize