Allan McRae<allan@archlinux.org> writes:
This is a partial reversion of the changes made in
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2010-08/msg00004.html which
appear to have been made to improve portability of the hex to decimal
conversion. However, I find the requirement of needing "dc" installed
for the test suite to succeed to be excessive. Instead, implement the
conversion in a third way using printf, which should provide the
portability without requiring additional software.
Neither the shell builtin printf nor the printf command are portable to
all Unix systems. The dc command is more portable than both.
I don't object to not requiring dc, but requiring printf instead is a
step sideways at best.