[m-rev.] diff: disable string_format_o on taifun

[Fergus Henderson]

On 22-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> Estimated hours taken: 0.5
> Branches: main
> 
> tests/general/string_format/Mmakefile:
>     Disable string_format_o on taifun as the C library sprintf is buggy.
...
> +ifneq "$(findstring taifun,$(HOST))" ""

Pete, you seem to very often attack the symptom, not the cause.

The symptom is that the test case is failing on taifun.
The cause is a bug in the Solaris 2.8 C library.
The right fix is to disable this test case for Solaris 2.8
(or maybe for all Solaris), not just for taifun.

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