GNU bug report logs - #65659
RFC: changing printf(1) behavior on %b

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:37:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Oğuz <oguzismailuysal <at> gmail.com>
To: Phi Debian <phi.debian <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65659 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eblake <at> redhat.com, bug-bash <at> gnu.org, austin-group-l <at> opengroup.org, chet.ramey <at> case.edu
Subject: bug#65659: RFC: changing printf(1) behavior on %b
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2023 09:44:08 +0300

On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 7:41 AM Phi Debian <phi.debian <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> My vote is for posix_printf %B mapping to libc_printf %b

In the shell we already have bc for base conversion. Does POSIX really
have to support C2x %b in the first place?
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