[Bug 2083131] Autopkgtest regression report (bash/5.2.32-1ubuntu1.1)

[Ubuntu SRU Bot]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted bash (5.2.32-1ubuntu1.1) for oracular have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

dotnet9/9.0.100-9.0.0-0ubuntu1~24.10.1 (ppc64el)
openjdk-21/21.0.5+11-1ubuntu1~24.10 (amd64)
openjdk-22/22.0.2+9-4 (amd64)
openjdk-23/23.0.1+11-1ubuntu1~24.10.1 (ppc64el)
sssd/unknown (amd64)
systemd/256.5-2ubuntu3.1 (amd64, arm64, ppc64el)
userv/1.2.1~beta4 (arm64)
xonsh/unknown (amd64)


Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-
migration/oracular/update_excuses.html#bash

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

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Title:
  Bash's builtin command "printf" has a grave functionality bug - fails
  to print the format like "%.2f .1"

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in bash source package in Oracular:
  Fix Committed
Status in bash source package in Plucky:
  Fix Released
Status in bash package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  Programs relying on the builtin printf function of bash stop working
  correctly when trying to format numbers with %f.

  [Test Plan]

  Run the following command, which currently returns "-nan" while it
  should return 52.12:

  $ bash -c "printf %.2f 52.123"

  [Where problems could occur]

  Unknown regressions in the formatting after applying the patch.

  [Original Bug Report]

  As reported in the upstream Debian Linux:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078556
  Bash's builtin command "printf" has a grave functionality bug - fails to print the format like "%.2f .1".

  # bash --version
  GNU bash, version 5.2.32(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
  Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

  This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

  # printf "%.2f\n" 0.1
  nan

  As mentioned in the above URL, upstream's configure-strtold-check patch:
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=1;bug=1078556;filename=configure-strtold-check;msg=20

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