Re: [PATCH] Fix printf(1) for integer larger than INTMAX_MAX

[Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi,

On 2020/10/26 0:21, aran%100acres.us@localhost wrote:
> All,
>
> > I forgot to mention in the previous message: %[oux] also fail for numbers
> > larger than 1<<63:
> >
> > $ printf '%x\n' 0xffffc00000000000
> > printf: 0xffffc00000000000: Result too large or too small
> > 7fffffffffffffff
>
> I am seeing something different:
>
>    $printf '0x%x\n' 0xffffc00000000000
>    0xffffc00000000000
>
> I am running 9.99.72, so I could be a little out of date.

Some shells have its own built-in versions of printf(1).

At least bash and zsh versions work whereas /usr/bin/printf
fails for '0x%x\n' 0xffffc00000000000.

Thanks,
rin