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Re: /usr/bin/printf(1) not POSIX.2 compliant



    Date:        Sun, 21 Jul 2019 10:53:35 +0200
    From:        tlaronde%polynum.com@localhost
    Message-ID:  <20190721085335.GA677%polynum.com@localhost>

  | Am I correct? Is it worth a PR?

I believe you are correct, though this is a common problem
(one shared by dash and bash which makes it very common out
there in the vastness of the net and so inadvisable to ever
start a printf format with a '-' ... bash's printf even
has an option (-v var) to place the output into a variable).

I shall fix it (have fixed it in my sources) but it will take
a while to get committed as the ATF tests actually test for --
working as it does in other programs (and that "invalid options"
cause a usage), and they needs to get cleaned up first.

kre



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