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Date:      Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:12:03 +0100
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dag-Erling =?utf-8?B?U23DuHJncmF2?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org,  dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 507c611aeac7 - main - m4: Fix eval output width
Message-ID:  <aZSFEV4UYvBkvBsm@b.nours.eu>
In-Reply-To: <699474ed.430b3.aec99f6@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Tue 17 Feb 14:02, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by des:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=507c611aeac7ca9aed12353b1044bb21ab00afae
> 
> commit 507c611aeac7ca9aed12353b1044bb21ab00afae
> Author:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2026-02-17 14:01:34 +0000
> Commit:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2026-02-17 14:01:42 +0000
> 
>     m4: Fix eval output width
>     
>     According to POSIX, the optional third argument is the minimum number
>     of digits to print regardless of sign.  We interpreted it as the minimum
>     width of the output including the sign.  Additionally, the variable used
>     to hold this value was confusingly named “maxdigits”.
>     

Did you try to upstream this? espie@ is responsive to such patches in general.

Best regards,
Bapt


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