Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 246571
tcsh doesn't expand %d, %s format specifiers correctly
Last modified: 2010-11-01 04:30:11 EDT
Description of problem: tcsh is behaving very strangely with respect to outputting messages that involve replacing format specifiers with actual variable values. The %d, %s, etc. format specifiers are being output literally, and some parts of the output are being duplicated. This occurs in many different places where tcsh displays messages/prompts for the user. I have noticed it so far in the "You have new mail" message and the prompt that tcsh displays when a tab-completion or ctrl-d completion output would exceed the listmax setting. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tcsh-6.13-9.el4.1 Additional info: See bug #146330 for the original FC3 bug w/fix.
Created attachment 402075 [details] proposed patch Backported from newer tcsh version.
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