bug#21236: printf version output not working

[Shawn Welch]

You are correct.

Thank you!

Shawn M Welch

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:

tag 21236 notabug
close 21236
stop

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 09:40:39AM -0400, Shawn Welch wrote:

The printf man 1 page says that it has a --version switch to output version
but it fails and exits 1.

It is likely that you are seeing the shell's built in "printf" instead of coreutils' printf.

Test with the following:

    $ type printf
    printf is a shell builtin

Then compare:

    $ printf --version
    bash: printf: --: invalid option
    printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

    $ env printf --version | head -n1
    printf (GNU coreutils) 8.23.170-02f67

To use the non built-in printf, use 'env' (or specify a full path such as /usr/bin/printf, though that is less portable).

regards,
 - assaf