Debian Bug report logs - #756602
printf(3) manpage: please document that %n can't include flags, width or precision

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Package: manpages-dev; Maintainer for manpages-dev is Dr. Tobias Quathamer <[email protected]>; Source for manpages-dev is src:manpages (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Jakub Wilk <[email protected]>

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:30:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed-upstream

Found in version manpages/3.65-1

Fixed in version manpages/3.71-1

Done: Simon Paillard <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Package: manpages-dev
Version: 3.65-1
Severity: minor

The only place where flags for the n conversion are mentioned in 
description of the 0 flag:

	Except for n conversions, ...

This is a bit odd, because the other flags don't make sense for %n 
either. In fact, the C99 standard says that if the n conversion 
specification includes any flags, a field width, or a precision, the 
behavior is undefined.

Please document this fact in the manual page.

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Jakub Wilk

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