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| author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2012-04-22 16:43:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> | 2012-04-22 16:43:29 +0200 |
| commit | d06b2e55868df5173483836d515338f54d471508 (patch) | |
| tree | 2559aeafb479a12050be2295968902a162b65634 /doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi | |
| parent | 193256125d7c587f23514892a4abfd3a24053ba9 (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-d06b2e55868df5173483836d515338f54d471508.tar.gz | |
doc: Mention reason for replacement on glibc/Linux systems.
* doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi: Mention the problem with special
'long double' values.
* doc/posix-functions/fprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/printf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/sprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/vdprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/vfprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/vprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/vsprintf.texi: Likewise.
* doc/posix-functions/fcntl.texi: Add glibc/Linux to the list of
platforms with F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC problems.
* doc/posix-functions/glob.texi: Mention which platforms are affected
by the problem with symbolic links.
* doc/posix-functions/linkat.texi: Mention the problem with
AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW on Linux.
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diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi b/doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi index 83c95cfb25..b4c055509a 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2011-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3. Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{dprintf-posix}: @itemize @item +printf of @samp{long double} numbers outside the IEEE 754 range produces +no meaningful results on some platforms: +glibc and others, on x86, x86_64, IA-64 CPUs. +@item This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some platforms: glibc-2.3.6. |