sscanf & long double seems broken ?

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In a message dated 11/15/98 2:16:18 PM Pacific Standard Time, dcb@pncl.co.uk
writes:

> I find that sscanf, when used with ISO C specifiers %Le, %Lf and %Lg,
>  I cannot seem to get working, for RedHat Linux 5.1 on Alpha EV5.6,
>  for recent egcs snapshots.
AFAIK long double <-> string conversion has never been included in gcc or
egcs, except in a few of those cases where the library included with an OS
already supports it.  It would be a useful addition.