From 64d4a2807d46a85cfe5ab7eb99b3e91b9a75d5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:06:07 +0000 Subject: seq: ensure correct output width for scientific notation input MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * src/seq.c (scan_arg): Calculate the width more accurately for numbers specified using scientific notation. * tests/misc/seq.pl: Add tests for cases that were mishandled. * NEWS: Mention the fix. * THANKS.in: Reported by Marcel Böhme. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/12959 --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 15fddd490..8529216af 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- consistently padded with spaces, rather than with zeros for certain widths. [bug introduced in TEXTUTILS-1_22i] + seq -w ensures that for numbers input in scientific notation, + the output numbers are properly aligned and of the correct width. + [This bug was present in "the beginning".] + ** Changes in behavior df --total now prints '-' into the target column (mount point) of the -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2