https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249025
Bug ID: 249025
Summary: description of scanf %u incorrectly says "optionally
signed"
Product: Documentation
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Severity: Affects Many People
Priority: ---
Component: Manual Pages
Assignee: b...@freebsd.org
Reporter: w...@psr.com
CC: d...@freebsd.org
I believe the description of %u in man3/scanf.3, which says that %u matches an
OPTIONALLY SIGNED decimal integer, is incorrect. If you agree, the following
"diff -u" 1-line patch to the man3/scanf.3 file from 12.1-RELEASE-p8 should fix
the problem. If this error is in 12.1, it's probably in other versions of
FreeBSD as well.
<pre>
--- scanf.3~ 2020-08-30 20:59:00.080775000 -0400
+++ scanf.3 2020-08-30 21:00:37.400650000 -0400
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
the next pointer must be a pointer to
.Vt "unsigned int" .
.It Cm u
-Matches an optionally signed decimal integer;
+Matches an unsigned decimal integer;
the next pointer must be a pointer to
.Vt "unsigned int" .
.It Cm x , X
</pre>
-WBE
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