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new snapshot available: coreutils-8.4.100-81926

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Message #26 received at 5999-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: "Gilles Espinasse" <g.esp <at> free.fr>
Cc: bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>,
	Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>, 5999-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5999: new snapshot available: coreutils-8.4.100-81926
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:12:21 +0200

Gilles Espinasse wrote:
...
> I understand there is a problem but I am unsure of the direction to go.
> I made this stupid patch (attached) that include the same test than
> gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n in  coreutils sleep usage

You should be able to consider this resolved.
Once you start using the latest from gnulib,
you will no longer see that glibc diagnostic mixed in
with configure-output "checking..." messages.

> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=no
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ make
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ ./src/sleep; echo $?
> ./src/sleep: missing operand
> Try `./src/sleep --help' for more information.
> *** %n in writable segment detected ***
> Aborted
> 134
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ make clean
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=yes
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ make
> [chroot-i486] root:/usr/src/coreutils-8.5$ ./src/sleep; echo $?
> ./src/sleep: missing operand
> Try `./src/sleep --help' for more information.
> *** %n in writable segment detected ***
> Aborted
> 134
>
> So result is the same with gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=no or
> gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=yes.
> Am I wrong somewhere?
> What is the gain that this test is so written?

The success or failure of that test contributes
to whether a project uses the native vasnprintf (because
it passes all tests) or a replacement.
See the many conditions in gnulib/m4/vasnprintf-posix.m4.

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