[bug #66068] built-in printf function not working with float

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: built-in printf function not working with float
                   Group: The GNU Bourne-Again SHell
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Tue 06 Aug 2024 09:58:54 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any


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Date: Tue 06 Aug 2024 09:58:54 AM UTC By: Anonymous
*Affected version: 5.2.32(1)*

jesusm@liet:[~]$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.32(1)-release (x86_64-slackware-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
jesusm@liet:[~]$ printf "%f\n" 1.2
-nan
jesusm@liet:[~]$ /bin/printf "%f\n" 1.2
1.200000
jesusm@liet:[~]$


*Working version: 5.2.26(1)*

jesusm@liet:[~]$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 5.2.26(1)-release (x86_64-slackware-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
jesusm@liet:[~]$ printf "%f\n" 1.2
1.200000
jesusm@liet:[~]$ /bin/printf "%f\n" 1.2
1.200000
jesusm@liet:[~]$









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