From 423d3cac13c30bb0d5f85e5fac6ab1406ed1731a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno Haible Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:26:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Mention vasprintf-posix module. * doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi: Mention the workarounds present in the 'vasprintf-posix' module. * doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi: Likewise. --- ChangeLog | 7 ++++++ doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7bf4ff1cb..68bc4d74b 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2010-12-19 Bruno Haible + doc: Mention vasprintf-posix module. + * doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi: Mention the workarounds present in + the 'vasprintf-posix' module. + * doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi: Likewise. + +2010-12-19 Bruno Haible + unsetenv: Add missing declaration on OSF/1 5.1. * lib/stdlib.in.h (setenv): Test HAVE_DECL_UNSETENV, not HAVE_UNSETENV. * m4/setenv.m4 (gl_FUNC_UNSETENV): Test whether unsetenv is declared. diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi index f9158c414..b46287e4b 100644 --- a/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/asprintf.texi @@ -2,15 +2,62 @@ @subsection @code{asprintf} @findex asprintf -Gnulib module: vasprintf +Gnulib module: vasprintf or vasprintf-posix -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vasprintf} or @code{vasprintf-posix}: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5. @end itemize +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vasprintf-posix}: +@itemize +@item +This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll}, +@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.24, BeOS. +@item +printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms: +BeOS. +@item +printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an +incorrect result on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some +platforms: +glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku. +@item +This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly +on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +@item +This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an +arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, BeOS. +@item +This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24. +@item +printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded +with zeroes) on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer, +floating-point and pointer output on some platforms: +BeOS. +@item +This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0. +@end itemize + Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end itemize diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi index 9462ea632..69f733a54 100644 --- a/doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/vasprintf.texi @@ -2,15 +2,62 @@ @subsection @code{vasprintf} @findex vasprintf -Gnulib module: vasprintf +Gnulib module: vasprintf or vasprintf-posix -Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{vasprintf} or @code{vasprintf-posix}: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw, Interix 3.5. @end itemize +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{vasprintf-posix}: +@itemize +@item +This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll}, +@code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms: +Cygwin 1.5.24, BeOS. +@item +printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms: +BeOS. +@item +printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an +incorrect result on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some +platforms: +glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS. +@item +This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku. +@item +This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly +on some platforms: +Solaris 11 2010-11. +@item +This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an +arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, BeOS. +@item +This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24. +@item +printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded +with zeroes) on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x. +@item +This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer, +floating-point and pointer output on some platforms: +BeOS. +@item +This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0. +@end itemize + Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @end 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