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From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: PLEASE EXPLAIN v2.953
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Radical NetSurfer <RadSurfer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:

> %U  and %D mentioned in libc.txt (or libc.info)
> when it is actually flagged as a non-existing entity...

Because you're looking at inforrmation from two separate sources: GCC
only knows about standard C printf format specifiers, which don't
include %D or %U.  Those are non-standard extension which you should
not use.

> What is/was the purpose of %D, %U ?

Compatibility with ancient source code.

> What I did was to attempt to convert those *.info
> files into a more useful *.txt files (that was done long ago),

Wrong plan.  .info files are actually a whole lot *more* useful than
raw ASCII text files can ever be.  You've managed to throw a way a lot
of useful structure in the file which its authors created for your
usage efficiency.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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