Bug#659932: [Pkg-zsh-devel] Bug#659932: zsh: printf %s in UTF-8 is not always POSIX-compliant

reopen 659932 found 659932 5.0.0-2 thanks On 2012-12-20 23:09:52 +0100, Axel Beckert wrote: > Reading the thread started by > http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2012/msg00149.html it seems as if this > issue was basically a follow-up error of http://bugs.debian.org/659969 > which you reported on advis

Bug#659932: zsh: printf %s in UTF-8 is not always POSIX-compliant

Package: zsh Version: 4.3.15-1 Severity: normal In UTF-8 locales: xvii% printf ".%2s.\n" é . é. xvii% emulate sh xvii% printf ".%2s.\n" é .é. xvii% emulate ksh xvii% printf ".%2s.\n" é . é. It is correct in sh mode (according to POSIX[*]), but not in ksh mode, which should also follow the