On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 10:24:17PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Here's the fix (relative to the latest test release).
...
> Index: head.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /fetish/textutils/src/head.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.57
> diff -u -p -r1.57 head.c
> --- head.c 1999/04/24 12:33:25 1.57
> +++ head.c 2000/05/12 20:20:02
> @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ string_to_integer (int count_lines, cons
> strtol_error s_err;
> uintmax_t n;
>
> - s_err = xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 0, &n, "bkm");
> + s_err = xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, &n, "bkm");
>
> if (s_err == LONGINT_INVALID)
> {
BINGO. It had been using the "default" behaviour of the function -
whatever that was. But 'head' is not defined to do so.
Joe's First Law of Software Engineering: "Say What You Mean." You know
what happens when you assume. [First amendment to first law - "and then
document it." Notice the comment above? Neither did I. ;-}]
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