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| From | Melvin Vermeeren <vermeeren@vermwa.re> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.bugs.dist |
| Subject | Bug#961740: printf attempts to parse options and fails to print --help |
| Date | 2020-05-29 20:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AbRLP-3Qo-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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| Organization | vermware |
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On Friday, 29 May 2020 19:35:06 CEST Jakub Wilk wrote: > I think you're misinterpreting the standard. If it really meant that > implementations must not support any options, it would say so > explicitly, like it does for echo: > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html Indeed, you are correct. In that case printf may have >= 0 options and whether options are parsed at all is unspecified. This also explains the lack of any reference to "Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines". Apologies for the noise. -- Melvin Vermeeren
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Bug#961740: printf attempts to parse options and fails to print --help Melvin Vermeeren <vermeeren@vermwa.re> - 2020-05-28 17:30 +0200
Bug#961740: printf attempts to parse options and fails to print --help Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2020-05-28 18:20 +0200
Bug#961740: printf attempts to parse options and fails to print --help Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net> - 2020-05-29 19:40 +0200
Bug#961740: printf attempts to parse options and fails to print --help Melvin Vermeeren <vermeeren@vermwa.re> - 2020-05-29 20:20 +0200
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