Re: "%m" formatting code and "syslog like"

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 31/08/2018 14:15, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 02:10:12PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote:
> > The function is currently marked as __printflike.
> > If I re-enable the warning gcc warns me that it should be marked as
> > __sysloglike .... because it calls syslog. If I change it to __sysloglike
> > then it warns me that it should be __printflike because it also uses
> > vfprintf.
>
> Ah, I see. So this is a bug, gcc should not warn if a __printflike function
> calls a __sysloglike one, as one is strictly a superclass of the others -
> or am I missing some hidden difference?

You're not wrong.
It's also not the first time I've complained about this, but heh ho.

Roy