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| author | Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> | 2021-11-03 18:08:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Hans Ulrich Niedermann <hun@n-dimensional.de> | 2021-11-03 18:10:33 +0100 |
| commit | 49b4fda207a9e6a0689a43ecd5e1aa86f1f4b4b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c9fc1395d599f1268cb3765d225cca90a611a91 /HACKING.md | |
| parent | 9b9d6c68efb4cb0021767437b7b46aec8a19f361 (diff) | |
| download | libgphoto2-49b4fda207a9e6a0689a43ecd5e1aa86f1f4b4b8.tar.gz | |
HACKING.md: Add note about printf(3) fmt strings using "%m"
The printf(3) format string character "%m" is available on
Linux/glibc and FreeBSD, but not on MacOSX. So using "%m"
should be limited to system specific code.
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/HACKING.md b/HACKING.md index dde70bc8d..5594562db 100644 --- a/HACKING.md +++ b/HACKING.md @@ -356,3 +356,8 @@ for more details. compiler-specific flags to make files directly, as many of them are specific to one compiler and will cause the build to fail when using another. + + +* printf(3) format strings containing "%m" should only be used in + system specific code for systems which actually support "%m", like + Linux/glibc or FreeBSD. MacOSX for example does NOT support "%m". |