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CVS commit: [netbsd-8] src/usr.bin/printf



Module Name:    src
Committed By:   martin
Date:           Sun Sep 23 17:16:33 UTC 2018

Modified Files:
        src/usr.bin/printf [netbsd-8]: printf.c

Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by kre in ticket #1020):
        usr.bin/printf/printf.c: revision 1.46

A truly ancient bug found by Edgar Fuss

When printf is running builtin in a sh, global vars aren't reset to
0 between invocations.   This affects "rval" which remembers state
from a previous %b \c and thereafter always exits after the first
format conversion, until we get a conversion that generates an
error (which resets the flag almost by accident)

        printf %b abc\\c
        abc                             (no \n)
        printf %s%s hello world
        hello                           (no \n, of course, no world ...)
        printf %s%s hello world
        hello
        printf %s%s hello world
        hello
        printf %d hello
        printf: hello: expected numeric value
        0                               (no \n)
        printf %s%s hello world
        helloworld                      (no \n, and we are back!)

This affects both /bin/sh and /bin/csh (and has for a very long time).

XXX pullup -8


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.37.8.2 -r1.37.8.3 src/usr.bin/printf/printf.c

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