Re: Bash printf should diagnose integer overflow

[Chet Ramey]

On 3/12/24 3:49 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.3
> Patch Level: 26
> Release Status: devel
>
> Description:
>      Commands like "printf '%10000000000000000000000000000s' ''"
>      silently ignore width and precision.  They should report the
>      integer overflow before continuing with a lesser width or
>      precision.  

Thanks for the report. The most appropriate fix for this particular issue
is to display an error message if printf returns < 0, instead of
suppressing it unless the -v option has been set.

I'll look at the rest of your changes.

Chet

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