tags 756602 fixed-upstream thanks Hello Jakub,
I've applied the patch below. Cheers, Michael --- a/man3/printf.3 +++ b/man3/printf.3 @@ -332,9 +332,7 @@ For other conversions, the behavior is undefined. .B \- The converted value is to be left adjusted on the field boundary. (The default is right justification.) -Except for -.B n -conversions, the converted value is padded on the right with blanks, rather +The converted value is padded on the right with blanks, rather than on the left with blanks or zeros. A .B \- @@ -788,10 +786,17 @@ or .TP .B n The number of characters written so far is stored into the integer -indicated by the -.I "int\ *" -(or variant) pointer argument. +pointed to by the corresponding argument. +That argument shall be an +.I "int\ *", +or variant, as specified by the +.B l +or +.B ll +length modifier. No argument is converted. +The behavior is undefined if the conversion specification includes +any flags, a field width, or a precision. .TP .B m (Glibc extension.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org