Problems with STDIO in C++

Last changed 5. Dec 1996

Description

The C++ libraries from Unifix Linux 2.0 contain a severe bug in the stdio code.

Effect

The following code should print "2" but does not:

#include 

int main()
{
  double d = 2.0;
  cout << d << endl;
  return 0;
}

Fix

Install the new C++ library. Get the patch http://www.unifix.de/support/patches/patch-2.0.0.2.cpio , and run (as root) swinstall -s patch-2.0.0.2.cpio .

Workaround

No workaround known.

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