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PURPOSE of /CoreOS/gawk/Regression/printf-format-s-in-gawk-not-working
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Description: Test for printf format "%.*s" in gawk not working
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Author: David Kutalek <dkutalek@redhat.com>
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Summary: printf format "%.*s" in gawk not working
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Description:
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Description of problem:
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The bug in gawk exists in the Redhat Ent6 gawk package. The patch to fix is checked in the fedora src rpm for gawk-3.1.7-3 and is gawk-3.1.7-prec-utf8.patch.
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Here a repeat of the original bug report.
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The "%.*s" format string in printf no longer works.
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Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
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gawk-3.1.6-5.fc11.i586
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How reproducible:
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Run example from bash command line.
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The example should remove the last character from the string.
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Steps to Reproduce:
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# echo ab123dl|gawk '{printf("%.*s\n",length($0)-1,$0)}'
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Actual results:
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ab123dl
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Expected results:
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ab123d
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Additional info:
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works OK with gawk-3.1.5-14.el5 and previously on fc10
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