[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #25 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-24 21:44:37 UTC --- When a bug has been known for over 4 years and there's such a simple fix, why is there discussion of putting off fixing it until later? Or am I

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #20 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-23 11:37:57 UTC --- I don't think there's any concern about breaking wprintf. wprintf inherently operates by converting the argument to %s to wide characters since its output

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #22 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-23 20:53:14 UTC --- That's because you made the classic printf mistake of confusing width and precision. Try L%.3s. -- Configure bugmail: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #12 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-22 22:20:23 UTC --- Fixing this bug should not be complex or invasive. Basically, it's a case of special-case code having been incorrectly written for a case that does not need

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #13 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-23 00:54:03 UTC --- Created attachment 6472 -- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=6472 patch to fix the bug This patch fixes the bug. As I suspected, it's all

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #15 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-23 03:04:11 UTC --- The bug has nothing to do with wprintf. It applies to the non-wide printf functions. The text you cited is about wprintf and is therefore irrelevant

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #17 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-06-23 03:30:16 UTC --- Apologies for jumping on your reply. I did read the whole thing but didn't get what you intended the message to be, and the whole history of this bug has been

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6530 --- Comment #8 from Rich Felker bugdal at aerifal dot cx 2012-05-14 13:21:52 UTC --- Any progress on this? I'm going to try to find and reopen the bug it's a duplicate of; perhaps then they can be marked as duplicate. -- Configure bugmail

[Bug stdio/6530] *printf() and incomplete multibyte sequences returns -1 bogusly

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