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bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Nov 2014 10:29:00 -0800 |
On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> 2014-11-08 20:19 GMT-08:00 Jim Meyering <address@hidden>:
>> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> hex_printf_()
>>> {
>>> hex_printf_format=$(printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed '
>>> s/^/_/
>>> s/$/_/
...
>> Do you have time to write the complete patch?
>> I'd like to make a pre-release snapshot tomorrow.
>
> I tried it, and found that this new function makes the multibyte-white-space
> test fail with GNU sed. Here's a simplified example showing where
...
I do like the idea, but now prefer to defer that until after the release.
Instead, I'll address the portability issues you mentioned, with this:
0001-tests-avoid-hex_printf_-portability-problems.patch
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- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, (continued)
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Norihiro Tanaka, 2014/11/07
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/07
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Norihiro Tanaka, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Norihiro Tanaka, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Paul Eggert, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/08
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/09
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap,
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- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Paul Eggert, 2014/11/09
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- bug#18987: Fwd: bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/09
- bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Norihiro Tanaka, 2014/11/09
bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, Jim Meyering, 2014/11/07
bug#18987: the bourne shell printf-vs-\xHH portability trap, arnold, 2014/11/08