gnulib: doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi annotate

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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.

author	Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date	Sun, 14 Oct 2018 09:33:46 +0200
parents	11af6bbd6df5
children	db717b5315cf

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9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	1 @node snprintf
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	2 @section @code{snprintf}
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	3 @findex snprintf
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	4
13549 bb0ceefd22dc avoid some overlong lines from posix urls, etc. Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> parents: 11234 diff changeset	5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/snprintf.html}
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	6
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	7 Gnulib module: snprintf or snprintf-posix
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	8
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	9 Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{snprintf} or @code{snprintf-posix}:
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	10 @itemize
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	11 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	12 This function is missing on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	13 IRIX 5.3, OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1, MSVC 14.
9941 b1a61ff4ff40 Document snprintf bug on Linux libc5. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 9674 diff changeset	14 @item
15340 03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	15 This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	16 arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	17 NetBSD 3.0, mingw, BeOS.
03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	18 @item
03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	19 This function does not return a byte count as specified in C99 on some
03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	20 platforms:
14003 f82a977dcf0b vsnprintf: make more consistent with snprintf; doc fixes Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 14001 diff changeset	21 HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
f82a977dcf0b vsnprintf: make more consistent with snprintf; doc fixes Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 14001 diff changeset	22 @item
9941 b1a61ff4ff40 Document snprintf bug on Linux libc5. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 9674 diff changeset	23 This function overwrites memory even when a size argument of 1 is passed on some
b1a61ff4ff40 Document snprintf bug on Linux libc5. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 9674 diff changeset	24 platforms:
15340 03a50862ef09 snprintf: guarantee %1$d, for libintl Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> parents: 15296 diff changeset	25 Linux libc5, BeOS.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	26 @end itemize
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	27
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	28 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{snprintf-posix}:
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	29 @itemize
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	30 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	31 This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	32 @code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	33 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	34 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	35 printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	36 mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	37 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	38 printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	39 incorrect result on some platforms:
39913 73d60b1f9c96 doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	40 AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11.4, mingw, MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	41 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	42 This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	43 platforms:
16935 498a2211d839 Write "Mac OS X" instead of "MacOS X". Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 16799 diff changeset	44 glibc-2.3.6, Mac OS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11,
39913 73d60b1f9c96 doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	45 IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	46 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	47 This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
11048 b885f8c983db doc: mention more functions added in cygwin 1.7.0 Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> parents: 10876 diff changeset	48 NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9,
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	49 Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
15591 2171e9d2231b printf: Add support for MSVC compiler. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 15340 diff changeset	50 @item
2171e9d2231b printf: Add support for MSVC compiler. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 15340 diff changeset	51 This function does not support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	52 MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	53 @item
11219 aaeb2f86d096 Fix printf behaviour regarding the %ls directive. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 11048 diff changeset	54 This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms:
11234 cf3001cea096 Separate two tests. Mention the platforms in canonical order. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 11225 diff changeset	55 OpenBSD 4.0, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
11219 aaeb2f86d096 Fix printf behaviour regarding the %ls directive. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 11048 diff changeset	56 @item
11223 41012a39667b Work around a printf bug with %ls on Solaris. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 11219 diff changeset	57 This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly
41012a39667b Work around a printf bug with %ls on Solaris. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 11219 diff changeset	58 on some platforms:
39913 73d60b1f9c96 doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	59 Solaris 11.4.
11223 41012a39667b Work around a printf bug with %ls on Solaris. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 11219 diff changeset	60 @item
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	61 This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	62 NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	63 @item
18803 f581ad1383c6 printf: Work around rounding bug on Mac OS X. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 17927 diff changeset	64 This function does not round the argument of the @samp{a} directive correctly
f581ad1383c6 printf: Work around rounding bug on Mac OS X. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 17927 diff changeset	65 on some platforms:
f581ad1383c6 printf: Work around rounding bug on Mac OS X. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 17927 diff changeset	66 Mac OS X 10.12, FreeBSD 6.1.
f581ad1383c6 printf: Work around rounding bug on Mac OS X. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 17927 diff changeset	67 @item
9674 b69f1141e94f Fix printf behaviour regarding the left-adjust flag on HP-UX 10.20. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 9638 diff changeset	68 This function behaves incorrectly when a @samp{-} flag and a negative width
b69f1141e94f Fix printf behaviour regarding the left-adjust flag on HP-UX 10.20. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 9638 diff changeset	69 are specified together, on some platforms:
b69f1141e94f Fix printf behaviour regarding the left-adjust flag on HP-UX 10.20. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 9638 diff changeset	70 HP-UX 10.20.
b69f1141e94f Fix printf behaviour regarding the left-adjust flag on HP-UX 10.20. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 9638 diff changeset	71 @item
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	72 printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
39913 73d60b1f9c96 doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	73 with zeroes, or wrong capitalization) on some platforms:
73d60b1f9c96 doc: Update for Solaris 11.4. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 19242 diff changeset	74 Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11.4, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	75 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	76 This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	77 floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	78 AIX 7.1, Solaris 10/x86, mingw, MSVC 14, BeOS.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	79 @item
14005 f585ecc144aa printf: Detect large precisions bug on Solaris 10/SPARC. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 14003 diff changeset	80 This function mishandles large floating point precisions
f585ecc144aa printf: Detect large precisions bug on Solaris 10/SPARC. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 14003 diff changeset	81 (for example, formatting 1.0 with @samp{"%.511f"})
f585ecc144aa printf: Detect large precisions bug on Solaris 10/SPARC. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 14003 diff changeset	82 on some platforms:
f585ecc144aa printf: Detect large precisions bug on Solaris 10/SPARC. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 14003 diff changeset	83 Solaris 10.
f585ecc144aa printf: Detect large precisions bug on Solaris 10/SPARC. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>* parents: 14003 diff changeset	84 @item
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	85 This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
16935 498a2211d839 Write "Mac OS X" instead of "MacOS X". Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 16799 diff changeset	86 Mac OS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	87 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	88 This function does not truncate the result as specified in C99 on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	89 mingw, MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	90 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	91 This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
18977 b8576602c861 doc: Update for MSVC 14. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 18803 diff changeset	92 HP-UX 11, mingw, MSVC 14.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	93 @item
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	94 This function overwrites memory even when a zero size argument is passed on some
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	95 platforms:
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	96 OSF/1 5.1.
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	97 @end itemize
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	98
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	99 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	100 @itemize
16232 ee328959515f doc: Mention NetBSD bugs. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 15591 diff changeset	101 @item
17927 b941bb9e9efb printf, isinf, etc.: noncanonical != NaN Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 16935 diff changeset	102 Formatting noncanonical @samp{long double} numbers produces
b941bb9e9efb printf, isinf, etc.: noncanonical != NaN Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 16935 diff changeset	103 nonmeaningful results on some platforms:
b941bb9e9efb printf, isinf, etc.: noncanonical != NaN Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 16935 diff changeset	104 glibc and others, on x86, x86_64, IA-64 CPUs.
b941bb9e9efb printf, isinf, etc.: noncanonical != NaN Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> parents: 16935 diff changeset	105 @item
16232 ee328959515f doc: Mention NetBSD bugs. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 15591 diff changeset	106 When formatting an integer with grouping flag, this function inserts thousands
ee328959515f doc: Mention NetBSD bugs. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 15591 diff changeset	107 separators even in the "C" locale on some platforms:
ee328959515f doc: Mention NetBSD bugs. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: 15591 diff changeset	108 NetBSD 5.1.
9638 070329237839 Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions. Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> parents: diff changeset	109 @end itemize

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