NEWS.stable: update and finalise

[gnulib.git] / m4 / printf.m4

diff --git a/m4/printf.m4 b/m4/printf.m4
index 8cffa6a..9c2ed1e 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/printf.m4
+++ b/m4/printf.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# printf.m4 serial 41
-dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# printf.m4 serial 42
+dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2007-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -890,8 +890,9 @@ changequote([,])dnl
 dnl Test whether the *printf family of functions supports large precisions.
 dnl On mingw, precisions larger than 512 are treated like 512, in integer,
 dnl floating-point or pointer output. On Solaris 10/x86, precisions larger
-dnl than 510 in floating-point output crash the program. On BeOS, precisions
-dnl larger than 1044 crash the program.
+dnl than 510 in floating-point output crash the program. On Solaris 10/SPARC,
+dnl precisions larger than 510 in floating-point output yield wrong results.
+dnl On BeOS, precisions larger than 1044 crash the program.
 dnl Result is gl_cv_func_printf_precision.
 
 AC_DEFUN([gl_PRINTF_PRECISION],
@@ -917,6 +918,9 @@ int main ()
     result |= 1;
   if (sprintf (buf, "%.4000f %d", 1.0, 33, 44) < 4000 + 5)
     result |= 2;
+  if (sprintf (buf, "%.511f %d", 1.0, 33, 44) < 511 + 5
+      || buf[0] != '1')
+    result |= 4;
   return result;
 }]])],
         [gl_cv_func_printf_precision=yes],
@@ -1459,7 +1463,7 @@ dnl   Cygwin 1.5.25 (2008)           .  .  .  #  #  .  .  #  .  .  .  .  .  #  .
 dnl   Cygwin 1.5.19 (2006)           #  .  .  #  #  #  .  #  .  #  .  #  #  #  .  .  .  .  .  .
 dnl   Solaris 11 2010-11             .  .  #  #  #  .  .  #  .  .  .  #  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
 dnl   Solaris 10                     .  .  #  #  #  .  .  #  .  .  .  #  #  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
-dnl   Solaris 2.6 ... 9              #  .  #  #  #  #  .  #  .  .  .  #  .  .  .  .  #  .  .  .
+dnl   Solaris 2.6 ... 9              #  .  #  #  #  #  .  #  .  .  .  #  #  .  .  .  #  .  .  .
 dnl   Solaris 2.5.1                  #  .  #  #  #  #  .  #  .  .  .  #  .  .  #  #  #  #  #  #
 dnl   AIX 5.2, 7.1                   .  .  #  #  #  .  .  .  .  .  .  #  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
 dnl   AIX 4.3.2, 5.1                 #  .  #  #  #  #  .  .  .  .  .  #  .  .  .  .  #  .  .  .