Linux egcs sscanf of float skips a leading zero

[Dave Tallman]

Problem: when trying to read a floating-point field with sscanf, a leading zero gets skipped.

% gcc -v --save-temps -o test2 test2.c
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/specs
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/cpp -lang-c -v -undef -D__GNUC__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=91 -D__ELF__ -Dunix -Di386 -D__i386__ -Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__i386__ -D__i386__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__i386 -D__linux -Asystem(posix) -Asystem(unix) -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386 -D__i386__ -D__tune_i386__ test2.c test2.i
GNU CPP version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) (i386 Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/i386-redhat-linux/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/cc1 test2.i -quiet -dumpbase test2.c -version -o test2.s
GNU C version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release) (i386-redhat-linux) compiled by GNU C version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release).
 as -V -Qy -o test2.o test2.s
GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (i386-redhat-linux), using BFD version 2.9.1.0.24
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/collect2 -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o test2 /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66 -L/usr/i386-redhat-linux/lib test2.o -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o

% ./test2
Error: Value read was 5, expected 0

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Thanks for your help.

C. David Tallman, tallman@acsys.com