[kde] [Bug 496398] New: printf changed between RELEASE=24.10 and RELEASE=24.04

[Rafael S.]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=496398

            Bug ID: 496398
           Summary: printf changed between RELEASE=24.10 and RELEASE=24.04
    Classification: I don't know
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Kubuntu
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: kde.bug at linwin.com
  Target Milestone: ---

core utility printf does not handle decimal parts of numeric values correctly.
Instead of decimal part of a variable it just dumps this text
  "-nan"

Previous printf version works fine.
Example in bash environment on 2 systems:

===== system 1
$> cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=oracular
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.10"

$> ll /bin/printf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 59992 Jul 31 08:24 /bin/printf

-----
$> price='123.4387'
$> count=1200

$> printf "%.2f %4d\n" $price $count
-nan 1200

$> printf "%.5d %.2f\n" $count $price
01200 -nan

===== system 2
$> cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS"

$> ll /bin/printf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 55744 Apr  5  2024 /bin/printf

-----
$> testVar=8753.2893
$> count=734
$> printf "%5d %.2f\n" $count $testVar
734 8753.29

$> ./printf "%5d %.2f\n" $count $testVar
734 8753.29

Note dot slash is printf from the "other system" in both cases.

Rounding numbers works fine.
What changed in printf program between April and October?

$> diff /bin/printf printf
Binary files /bin/printf and printf differ
$> ll /bin/printf printf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root  root  55744 Apr  5  2024 /bin/printf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 raffi raffi 59992 Nov 17 12:41 printf

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