bug#73068: printf: please implement POSIX:2024 argument reordering

[Pádraig Brady]

On 09/09/2024 19:30, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 06/09/2024 15:06, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > POSIX:2024 specifies that printf(1) should support numbered conversion
> > specifications:
> > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/printf.html
> > https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1592
> >
> > Could this support please be added to GNU coreutils? As of coreutils 9.5,
> > I still get:
> >
> >     $ /usr/bin/printf 'abc%2$sdef%1$sxxx\n' 1 2
> >     abc/usr/bin/printf: %2$: invalid conversion specification
>
>
> This make sense to implement.
> I see ksh and FreeBSD at least, already have.
> I'll have a look at doing this.

I'll apply the attached sometime tomorrow.

Marking this as done.

cheers,
Pádraig

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