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-rw-r--r--src/printf.c3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1a227a119..869e6ca3c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
df now considers BSD "kernfs" file systems to be dummies
+** New features
+
+ printf now supports the 'I' flag on hosts whose underlying printf
+ implementations support 'I', e.g., "printf %Id 2".
+
** Bug fixes
cp --sparse preserves sparseness at the end of a file, even when
diff --git a/src/printf.c b/src/printf.c
index ddced5af4..bfb40728c 100644
--- a/src/printf.c
+++ b/src/printf.c
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ print_formatted (const char *format, int argc, char **argv)
for (;; f++, direc_length++)
switch (*f)
{
+#if (__GLIBC__ == 2 && 2 <= __GLIBC_MINOR__) || 3 <= __GLIBC__
+ case 'I':
+#endif
case '\'':
ok['a'] = ok['A'] = ok['c'] = ok['e'] = ok['E'] =
ok['o'] = ok['s'] = ok['x'] = ok['X'] = 0;