Re: manpages-dev: please note thread safeness of %m in vfprintf(3)

[Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Stéphane,

On 03/09/2015 03:47 PM, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
> Hello Ma Shimiao,
> 
> Le lundi 09 mars 2015 à 02:20:07, Ma Shimiao a écrit :
>>
>> On 03/07/2015 06:38 PM, Stéphane Aulery wrote:
>>>
>>> A Debian user has applied to mention that strerror_r(3) is thread safe.
>>>
>>>> Frome Martin Godisch <martin-AOktpf5JBruELgA04lAiVw@public.gmane.org>, Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:30:30 +0200
>>>>
>>>> Please add a note to vfprintf(3) telling users that the %m conversion
>>>> specifier is thread safe.
>>
>> I'm not sure why he need a note to indicate that the %m conversion specifier 
>> is thread safe.
>> From our research and glibc's document, vfprintf(3) is thread safe except when users pass float formatting,
>> custom formatting or single quota may cause locale dependency problem.
>> And I'm going to add thread safety information of vfprintf() into printf.3.
>> If there is something special about %m, we'd like to know.
>> And I'm willing to add it.
> 
> I will send you answer to Martin Godisch, but I don't think there is something
> special. I will wait your patch before closing this bug.

OK. I will send my patch as soon as possible.

Best regards,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> 


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