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Re: Automated report: NetBSD-current/i386 test failure



Thanks!

christos

> On Apr 28, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> wrote:
> 
>    Date:        Mon, 29 Apr 2019 08:58:43 +0700
>    From:        Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
>    Message-ID:  <17972.1556503123%jinx.noi.kre.to@localhost>
> 
>  | I know what is happening with that, and I will fix...
>  |
>  | The problem relates to a difference of opinion/misunderstanding
>  | of the 'F' (new style) format operator
>  |
>  | The man page says...
>  |
>  | 	 Describes a multi-bit field like `f', but just extracts the value
>  |
>  | and when we look at 'f', what it says is ...
>  |
>  | 	Describes a multi-bit field [....]
>  | 	The remaining characters are printed ...
>  |
>  | If F is just like f then it needs "remaining characters" even though
>  | the F format doesn't use them.
> 
> Upon reflection, I'm inclined to instead leave the fixed code the
> way it is, and change  the ATF tests to use it that way (omitting the
> noise bytes after F format that it currently supplies for this purpose).
> 
> kre



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