gdb: "internal error in printf_command" on printf "%p", 0

[Johan Walles]

Package: gdb
Version: 6.4.90.dfsg-1ubuntu3
Severity: normal


Gdb's printf command's %p is broken:

johan at transwarp:~$ gdb
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(gdb) printf "%p", 0
internal error in printf_command
(gdb) printf "%p", 42
internal error in printf_command
(gdb) quit

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Architecture: i386 (i686)
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ii  libc6                      2.4-1ubuntu12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                5.5-2ubuntu1  Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5               5.1-7build1   GNU readline and history libraries

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