> >I recently discovered a bug in strftime(). I downloaded a very recent copy > >of cygwin and tried again, but it's still there. So, I'd like to report > >it. I sent mail to the gcc-bugs list but nobody there seems to care, > > Why *would* anyone in gcc care about a library problem? I believe that > they actually mentioned that the below was a GNU extension. But, > regardless, the problem has nothing to do with gcc.
Doah! Yeah, glibc - what _was_ I thinking?! -smile- > >The problem is that this call fails to return an hour: > > > > strftime(IT,key,"%m/%d/%y %l:%M %p", brokentime); > > > >The l% is supposed to represent a _space_ padded hour, as documented here: > >http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc-2.0.6/html_chapter/libc_17.html#SEC302 > > cygwin != glibc. However, since cygwin uses newlib, and the people in > the newlib project are a cooperative bunch, maybe if you submitted a > patch, they'd consider adding it. The mailing list is newlib at sources > dot redhat dot com. Thanks Christopher... Richard > > cgf > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
