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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:46:25 -0500
From: "J. Johnston" <jjohnstn AT cygnus DOT com>
Organization: Cygnus Solutions
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To: Mark Rahner <mark_rahner AT Sparta DOT Com>
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, newlib AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: sscanf() %n Bug Introduced in 20000221 Snapshot
References: <38D14C36 DOT F60C9191 AT Sparta DOT Com> <20000316164824 DOT A29342 AT cygnus DOT com> <38D272CF DOT 856E1346 AT Sparta DOT Com>
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Mark Rahner wrote:
> 
> Before making my initial post, I verified that the bug was still present in the 20000309
> snapshot.  I've cc'ed this message to the newlib address you suggested.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> Chris Faylor wrote:
> 
> > sscanf comes from the newlib library.  Try sending email to newlib AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com.
> >

A bug was introduced by a patch that handled float values with a large number of leading
zeroes.  A patch to fix your problem has just been applied to the newlib sources.

-- Jeff J.

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