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commit 4278e86fdf9115f71ddbbaa6666af4e1b5b129d4
Author: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Apr 3 08:04:34 2008 +0200

    Document awk printf %u bug on HP-UX/IA.
    
    * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention awk %u
    bug on HP-UX/IA.
    Report by Peter O'Gorman.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden>

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog         |    6 ++++++
 doc/autoconf.texi |    8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 82d722e..5d00e73 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-04-03  Ralf Wildenhues  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools): Mention awk %u
+       bug on HP-UX/IA.
+       Report by Peter O'Gorman.
+
 2008-04-02  Eric Blake  <address@hidden>
 
        Recommend the just-released M4 1.4.11.
diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 7a8b2ef..8bbfdde 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -14541,6 +14541,14 @@ bar
 Either do not depend on such patterns (i.e., use @samp{/^(.*foo|bar)/},
 or use a simple test to reject such implementations.
 
+On @samp{ia64-hp-hpux11.23}, Awk mishandles @code{printf} conversions
+after @code{%u}:
+
address@hidden
+$ @kbd{awk 'BEGIN @{ printf "%u %d\n", 0, -1 @}'}
+0 0
address@hidden example
+
 @acronym{AIX} version 5.2 has an arbitrary limit of 399 on the
 length of regular expressions and literal strings in an Awk program.
 


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