Package: libc6 Version: 2.6.1-6 Severity: normal In new versions of libc6, strtod("-0", 0) returns +0.0 instead of -0.0 (this bug isn't present in etch).
Discussion: https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=11150 https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=11151 https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=11156 https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=11159 https://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?CALLER=show_archive.tpl&source=L&listname=austin-group-l&id=11160 Here's a program from the one written by Glenn Fowler: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #define SHOW(f) show (#f,f) static void show (const char *s, double x) { double y = strtod (s, 0); printf ("%-3s %3g %3g\n", s, x, y); } int main (void) { SHOW(-0); SHOW(-0.); return 0; } In unstable, I get: -0 0 0 -0. -0 -0 instead of: -0 0 -0 -0. -0 -0 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-1-686-bigmem (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-3 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]