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Re: new snapshot
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: new snapshot |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:32:12 +0100 |
Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering wrote:
...
>> 2007-11-01 Jim Meyering <address@hidden>
>>
>> Adjust a seq subtest not to depend on the vagaries of floating point.
>> * tests/misc/seq (float-3): Use 10.94 as the endpoint, not 10.95,
>> since 10.95 was precisely in the middle of the interval, and with
>> a %.1f format could map to either 10.9 or 11.0.
>> Reported by Mike Frysinger
>
> I agree with the work around, but that's one buggy
> printf rounding implementation if you ask me.
> Where was this?
Hi Pádraig,
I think Mike's was on some ppc-based system, but I think
the cause was a buggy test, not a buggy printf function.
Did you see Andreas' messages in this thread?
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.coreutils.bugs/11713