From dd0d9c278abf4094e85d068ba873036a3b8d4729 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:03:45 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** --- NEWS | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0d0ec9424..24235febe 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- POSIXLY_CORRECT is set and the first argument is not "-n", echo now outputs all option-like arguments instead of treating them as options. + printf has several changes: + + It now uses 'intmax_t' (not 'long int') to format integers, so it + can now format 64-bit integers on most modern hosts. + + On modern hosts it now supports the C99-inspired %a, %A, %F conversion + specs, the "'" and "0" flags, and the ll, j, t, and z length modifiers + (this is compatible with recent Bash versions). + + The printf command now rejects invalid conversion specifications + like %#d, instead of relying on undefined behavior in the underlying + printf function. + who now prints user names in full instead of truncating them after 8 bytes. ** New features -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf