> > Package: manpages-dev > > Version: 2.08-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > The manpage lists the following conversion character: > > > > %+ The date and time in date(1) format. (TZ) > > > > Yet, when trying to compile a simple test program that uses that, I get > > the following warning: > > > > warning: unknown conversion type character â+â in format > > James, > > Agreed. I read the current stftime() source code and there > is no %+ specifier implemented. Some of the BSDs have it. > > I have removed this text. The fix will be in man-pages-2.15. > > Thanks for your report.
James, Just a little further to add -- I just noticed that later on in the page there was already text saying that %+ is not implemented in glibc2. I've now re-instated the original %+ text and added a repeated comment there that glibc2 does not support this specifier. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/ and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
