bug#33206: dc: bug in documenation DC_LINE_LENGTH

[Bernhard Voelker]

tag 33206 notabug
close 33206
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On 10/30/18 12:06 PM, Rick Richardson wrote:
> dc: bug in documenation DC_LINE_LENGTH
> 
> $ man dc
> 
> Doesn't say:
> 
>        DC_LINE_LENGTH
>               This should be an integer specifying the number of characters
> in
>               an output line for numbers. This includes the backslash and
> new‐
>               line characters for long numbers.  As an extension, the value
> of
>               zero disables the multi-line feature.  Any other value  of
> this
>               variable that is less than 3 sets the line length to 70.
> 
> But, it does work:
> 
> $ DC_LINE_LENGTH=0 dc
> 256k 1 17/p
> .0588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647058823529411764705882352941176470588235294117647
> Please fix the documenation.

You reached the GNU coreutils mailing list, but dc is not maintained here.
Therefore, I'm closing this issue in our bug tracker, and forwarding it
to the correct group:

  $ dc --help | tail -n1
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Have a nice day,
Berny