The logs say: gl_cv_func_printf_directive_a=${gl_cv_func_printf_directive_a=no} gl_cv_func_printf_directive_f=${gl_cv_func_printf_directive_f=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_directive_ls=${gl_cv_func_printf_directive_ls=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=${gl_cv_func_printf_directive_n=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_enomem=${gl_cv_func_printf_enomem=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_flag_grouping=${gl_cv_func_printf_flag_grouping=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_flag_leftadjust=${gl_cv_func_printf_flag_leftadjust=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_flag_zero=${gl_cv_func_printf_flag_zero=no} gl_cv_func_printf_infinite=${gl_cv_func_printf_infinite=no} gl_cv_func_printf_infinite_long_double=${gl_cv_func_printf_infinite_long_double=no} gl_cv_func_printf_long_double=${gl_cv_func_printf_long_double=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_positions=${gl_cv_func_printf_positions=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_precision=${gl_cv_func_printf_precision=yes} gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99=${gl_cv_func_printf_sizes_c99=yes} gl_cv_func_snprintf_directive_n=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_directive_n=yes} gl_cv_func_snprintf_posix=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_posix=no} gl_cv_func_snprintf_retval_c99=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_retval_c99=yes} gl_cv_func_snprintf_size1=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_size1=yes} gl_cv_func_snprintf_truncation_c99=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_truncation_c99=yes} gl_cv_func_snprintf_usable=${gl_cv_func_snprintf_usable=yes}
This means that nothing has changed in this area since AIX 5.2. 2010-07-30 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> printf.m4: Update regarding AIX. * m4/printf.m4: Update comments regarding AIX. Reported by Rainer Tammer. --- m4/printf.m4.orig Fri Jul 30 21:02:49 2010 +++ m4/printf.m4 Fri Jul 30 11:09:36 2010 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# printf.m4 serial 34 +# printf.m4 serial 35 dnl Copyright (C) 2003, 2007-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, @@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ dnl Solaris 10 . . # # # . . # . . . # . . . . . . . . dnl Solaris 2.6 ... 9 # . # # # # . # . . . # . . . . . . . . dnl Solaris 2.5.1 # . # # # # . # . . . # . . # # # # # # -dnl AIX 5.2 . . # # # . . . . . . # . . . . . . . . +dnl AIX 5.2, 7.1 . . # # # . . . . . . # . . . . . . . . dnl AIX 4.3.2, 5.1 # . # # # # . . . . . # . . . . . . . . dnl HP-UX 11.31 . . . . # . . . . . . # . . . . # # . . dnl HP-UX 11.{00,11,23} # . . . # # . . . . . # . . . . # # . #