Configuration Information:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
-fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat
-Werror=format-security -fcf-protection -Wall
uname output: Linux p14s 6.9.12-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian
6.9.12-1 (2024-07-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 21
Release Status: release
Description:
One of my old script that's been in use for 10+ years is using
built-in bash printf
for rounding float value to int via `printf`; as of today (Aug 12)
it started
returning erroneous and inconsistent results.
Note it doesn't require float input value - trying to format full integers
reproduces the problem the same.
Bash version hasn't been updated for ages so assuming it has to be
a dependency issue.
Repeat-By:
Small sample size of rounding `239.99040` to nearest int:
```
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
0
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
0
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
-0
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
-27846927597791718682626485772264082260943151763250104531...(trunc)
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
-52265319392731843172698376781218204051987087585988880818...(trunc)
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
-0
$ printf '%.0f' '239.99040'
-51368514663558334697487160651500630134194851172568251199...(trunc)
```
