sprintf-posix: Fix test failure on AIX 7.1.

[gnulib.git] / doc / posix-functions / snprintf.texi

diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
index 118b4ba..d295cea 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @section @code{snprintf}
 @findex snprintf
 
-POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/snprintf.html}
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/snprintf.html}
 
 Gnulib module: snprintf or snprintf-posix
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{snprintf} or @code{snpr
 This function is missing on some platforms:
 IRIX 5.3, OSF/1 4.0, Solaris 2.5.1.
 @item
+This function does not return a byte count as specified in C99 on some platforms:
+HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw.
+@item
 This function overwrites memory even when a size argument of 1 is passed on some
 platforms:
 Linux libc5.
@@ -22,28 +25,37 @@ Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{snprintf-posix}:
 @item
 This function does not support size specifiers as in C99 (@code{hh}, @code{ll},
 @code{j}, @code{t}, @code{z}) on some platforms:
-AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 2006, mingw, BeOS.
+AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw, BeOS.
 @item
 printf of @samp{long double} numbers is unsupported on some platforms:
 mingw, BeOS.
 @item
 printf @code{"%f"}, @code{"%e"}, @code{"%g"} of Infinity and NaN yields an
 incorrect result on some platforms:
-AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw.
+AIX 5.2, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11, mingw.
 @item
 This function does not support the @samp{a} and @samp{A} directives on some
 platforms:
-glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
+glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.5, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11,
+IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, BeOS.
 @item
 This function does not support the @samp{F} directive on some platforms:
-NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, Cygwin, mingw, BeOS.
+NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.23, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9,
+Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw, BeOS.
+@item
+This function does not support the @samp{ls} directive on some platforms:
+OpenBSD 4.0, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, Cygwin 1.5.x, Haiku.
+@item
+This function does not support precisions in the @samp{ls} directive correctly
+on some platforms:
+Solaris 11 2010-11.
 @item
 This function does not support format directives that access arguments in an
 arbitrary order, such as @code{"%2$s"}, on some platforms:
 NetBSD 3.0, mingw, BeOS.
 @item
 This function doesn't support the @code{'} flag on some platforms:
-NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 2006, mingw.
+NetBSD 3.0, Cygwin 1.5.24, mingw.
 @item
 This function behaves incorrectly when a @samp{-} flag and a negative width
 are specified together, on some platforms:
@@ -51,21 +63,23 @@ HP-UX 10.20.
 @item
 printf @code{"%010f"} of NaN and Infinity yields an incorrect result (padded
 with zeroes) on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, Cygwin 2007, mingw.
+MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, AIX 5.2, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw.
 @item
 This function does not support precisions larger than 512 or 1024 in integer,
 floating-point and pointer output on some platforms:
-mingw, BeOS.
+AIX 7.1, Solaris 10/x86, mingw, BeOS.
+@item
+This function mishandles large floating point precisions
+(for example, formatting 1.0 with @samp{"%.511f"})
+on some platforms:
+Solaris 10.
 @item
 This function can crash in out-of-memory conditions on some platforms:
-MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 3.0.
+MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0.
 @item
 This function does not truncate the result as specified in C99 on some platforms:
 mingw.
 @item
-This function does not return a byte count as specified in C99 on some platforms:
-HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw.
-@item
 This function does not fully support the @samp{n} directive on some platforms:
 HP-UX 11, mingw.
 @item