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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: 4.3BSD stdio.h - sprintf() definition
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Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 17:17:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 17 17:17:57 1987
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In article <526@quacky.UUCP> dce@mips.UUCP (David Elliott) writes:
>What my question is is why is it '#ifdef vax' and what isn't "vax"?

It is `#ifdef vax' because it was a quick hack.  Other people
have already fixed their sprintf()s, but fixing it for 4.3BSD
was `too painful'.
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