Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!prls!mips!dce From: dce@mips.UUCP (David Elliott) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards Subject: 4.3BSD stdio.h - sprintf() definition Message-ID: <521@quacky.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 18:50:56 EDT Article-I.D.: quacky.521 Posted: Wed Jul 15 18:50:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 03:53:23 EDT Distribution: world Organization: MIPS Computer Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 15 Xref: mnetor comp.bugs.4bsd:441 comp.unix.wizards:3261 The 4.3BSD stdio.h contains the following item, found near the bottom of the file: #ifdef vax char *sprintf(); /* too painful to do right */ #endif What is this doing here? What is supposed to be in apposition to "vax"? What will break on my non-vax system if I remove the #ifdef? -- David Elliott {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl!mips!dce