History log of /src/share/man/man9/printf.9 (Results 1 – 25 of 93)
Revision Date Author Comments
# d2cb9cab 19-Dec-2025 Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: Support more than 32 bits in %b

This will be usable after clang has been extended to accept length
modifiers for %b when compiling kernel code.
But we need FreeBSD to support it first...

printf.9: Support more than 32 bits in %b

This will be usable after clang has been extended to accept length
modifiers for %b when compiling kernel code.
But we need FreeBSD to support it first...

Reviewed by: markj, Timo Völker
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54286

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# 391e8709 18-Dec-2025 Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: fix style

Follow the style described by style.9.

Reported by: markj
MFC after: 1 week


# fa9896e0 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: two-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\n\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/


# 82bc33d5 25-Apr-2023 Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>

printf(9): clarify the description of %b

The bit values are numbers given in octal representation, not decimal,
as one might assume from the description. Same goes for the base,
although this has an

printf(9): clarify the description of %b

The bit values are numbers given in octal representation, not decimal,
as one might assume from the description. Same goes for the base,
although this has an example.

Reviewed by: emaste
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39815

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# 722b7589 14-Apr-2023 Zhenlei Huang <zlei@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: Update the use example of the %D conversion specifier

The output of hexadecimal bytes are in lowercase. Update the example to
reflect the reality.

Reviewed by: gbe (manpages)
MFC after: 1

printf.9: Update the use example of the %D conversion specifier

The output of hexadecimal bytes are in lowercase. Update the example to
reflect the reality.

Reviewed by: gbe (manpages)
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39543

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# 32068667 12-Apr-2022 Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>

Fix a slew of mdoc warnings/errors.


# 937b352e 09-May-2020 Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>

remove %n support from printf(9)

It can be dangerous and there is no need for it in the kernel.
Inspired by Kees Cook's change in Linux, and later OpenBSD.

Reviewed by: cem, gordon, philip
Sponsore

remove %n support from printf(9)

It can be dangerous and there is no need for it in the kernel.
Inspired by Kees Cook's change in Linux, and later OpenBSD.

Reviewed by: cem, gordon, philip
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24760

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# d2cb9cab 19-Dec-2025 Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: Support more than 32 bits in %b

This will be usable after clang has been extended to accept length
modifiers for %b when compiling kernel code.
But we need FreeBSD to support it first...

printf.9: Support more than 32 bits in %b

This will be usable after clang has been extended to accept length
modifiers for %b when compiling kernel code.
But we need FreeBSD to support it first...

Reviewed by: markj, Timo Völker
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54286

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# 391e8709 18-Dec-2025 Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: fix style

Follow the style described by style.9.

Reported by: markj
MFC after: 1 week


# fa9896e0 16-Aug-2023 Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>

Remove $FreeBSD$: two-line nroff pattern

Remove /^\.\\"\n\.\\"\s*\$FreeBSD\$$\n/


# 82bc33d5 25-Apr-2023 Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org>

printf(9): clarify the description of %b

The bit values are numbers given in octal representation, not decimal,
as one might assume from the description. Same goes for the base,
although this has an

printf(9): clarify the description of %b

The bit values are numbers given in octal representation, not decimal,
as one might assume from the description. Same goes for the base,
although this has an example.

Reviewed by: emaste
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39815

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# 722b7589 14-Apr-2023 Zhenlei Huang <zlei@FreeBSD.org>

printf.9: Update the use example of the %D conversion specifier

The output of hexadecimal bytes are in lowercase. Update the example to
reflect the reality.

Reviewed by: gbe (manpages)
MFC after: 1

printf.9: Update the use example of the %D conversion specifier

The output of hexadecimal bytes are in lowercase. Update the example to
reflect the reality.

Reviewed by: gbe (manpages)
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39543

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# 32068667 12-Apr-2022 Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>

Fix a slew of mdoc warnings/errors.


# 937b352e 09-May-2020 Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>

remove %n support from printf(9)

It can be dangerous and there is no need for it in the kernel.
Inspired by Kees Cook's change in Linux, and later OpenBSD.

Reviewed by: cem, gordon, philip
Sponsore

remove %n support from printf(9)

It can be dangerous and there is no need for it in the kernel.
Inspired by Kees Cook's change in Linux, and later OpenBSD.

Reviewed by: cem, gordon, philip
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24760

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# 604f1c41 17-Apr-2018 Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>

Don't put multiple names on a single .Nm line. This fixes apropos(1)
output, from this:

strnlen, strlen, strlen,(3) - find length of string

Don't put multiple names on a single .Nm line. This fixes apropos(1)
output, from this:

strnlen, strlen, strlen,(3) - find length of string │·······

... to this:

strlen, strnlen(3) - find length of string

PR: 223525
MFC after: 2 weeks

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# 9b3ece1c 04-Feb-2017 Enji Cooper <ngie@FreeBSD.org>

MFhead@r313243


# 14f850f3 27-Jan-2017 Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>

Merge ^/head r312720 through r312893.


# a7c536ea 26-Jan-2017 David E. O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>

Correct grammar.


# b626f5a7 04-Jan-2016 Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>

MFH r289384-r293170

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# a5d8944a 19-Nov-2015 Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org>

Catch up with head (r291075).


# 07713dde 19-Nov-2015 Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>

Add vlog(9).

Reviewed by: cem, jhb
MFC after: 1 week
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4183


# 416ba5c7 22-Jun-2015 Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org>

Catch up with HEAD (r280229-r284686).


# 98e0ffae 27-May-2015 Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@FreeBSD.org>

Merge sync of head


# 7757a1b4 03-May-2015 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>

Merge from head


# 7263c8c0 22-Apr-2015 Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>

MFH: r280643-r281852

Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


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