docs/150548: An error in the printf man page.

[Anonymous]

>Number:         150548
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       An error in the printf man page.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 14 04:40:02 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Anonymous
>Release:        8.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD home 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:55:53 UTC 2010     root at almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
>Description:
I originally came across this when I used "man 3 sprintf" to view the sprintf man page.
This is the output from "man 3 printf", the hyphens are added to make the separation between my writing and my copied and pasted text clear:
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[prdeltoid at home /usr/home/prdeltoid]$ man 3 printf
PRINTF(3)              FreeBSD Library Functions Manual              PRINTF(3)

NAME
     printf, fprintf, sprintf, snprintf, asprintf, dprintf, vprintf, vfprintf,
     vsprintf, vsnprintf, vasprintf, vdprintf -- formatted output conversion

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #define _WITH_DPRINTF
     #include <stdio.h>

     int
     printf(const char * restrict format, ...);

     int
     fprintf(FILE * restrict stream, const char * restrict format, ...);

     int
     sprintf(char * restrict str, const char * restrict format, ...);

     int
--More--(byte 1161)mdoc warning: Using a macro as first argument cancels effect of .Cm (#815)
Usage: .%U URL ... (#815)
Usage: .Cm interactive_command_modifier ... (#819)
     snprintf(char * restrict str, size_t size, const char * restrict format,
         ...);

     int
     asprintf(char **ret, const char *format, ...);
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