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Re: [PATCH] grep: make show_line more portable

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 9, 2009, 03:52 UTC
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Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> writes:
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> On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Jay Soffian wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Brian Gernhardt
>> <benji@silverinsanity.com> wrote:
>>> On OS X the printf specifier "%.0s" outputs the entire string instead
>>> of 0 characters as POSIX states.
>>
>> Does not reproduce for me:
>
> Nor for me, as I noted on the other thread...  And looking again, I
> was reading the man page for printf(1), not printf(3).  Ouch.
> *grumble, grumble*  I'm crawling back under my rock now.

Heh, people make mistakes and others are here to help spot them. Collectively we all win.

Thanks for a breakage report, initial fix and a confirmation.
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  1. grep: make show_line more portableBrian Gernhardt, Mar 9, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2009
  3. Jay SoffianMar 9, 2009
  4. Jay SoffianMar 9, 2009
  5. Brian GernhardtMar 9, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 9, 2009
  8. René ScharfeMar 9, 2009

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