Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-3 Severity: normal According to POSIX, LC_NUMERIC "shall affect the format of numbers written using the e , E , f , g , and G conversion specifier characters (if supported)."
$ LC_NUMERIC=pl_PL.utf8 bash -c 'printf "%f\n" 42' 42,000000 $ LC_NUMERIC=pl_PL.utf8 dash -c 'printf "%f\n" 42' 42.000000 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (900, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dash depends on: ii debianutils 3.2.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.4.1 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.10.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dash recommends no packages. dash suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org