Re: FAIL: seq.log

[Jim Meyering]

Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
> $ cat seq.log
> FAIL: seq.log (exit: 1)
> =======================
>
> -: test float-3: stdout mismatch, comparing float-3.O (actual) and float-3.1 
> (expected)
> *** float-3.O Sun Oct 28 23:10:36 2007
> --- float-3.1 Sun Oct 28 23:10:36 2007
> ***************
> *** 1,3 ****
>   10.8
>   10.9
> - 11.0
> --- 1,2 ----
> $ ../../src/printf "%.32f\n" 10.95
> 10.95000000000000000000000000000004
> $ ../../src/printf "%.1f\n" 10.95
> 11.0

Thanks for the report, but to do anything about it,
I'll need more information.

I'll presume recent linux.
Is that invocation of printf using the replacement printf function
from the printf-posix module (just added to coreutils).  I suspect so.
What version of libc are you using?

Actually, since I've encountered at least two portability problems
with that module, I'll probably remove it for now.  After all, I
added it solely for Interix.  If it's going to cause trouble
for others, then it's not worth it.