Re: [gccsdk] no tabs in a program compiled with GCC 4.7.4 release 6 with -mlibscl option

Thank you, Lee, for getting back to me. 

On Sun, 8 Jan 2023, 16:26 Lee Noar, <lee.noar@sky.com> wrote:

Do you mean that the output from printf doesn't produce tabs, e.g.,

printf("\t\tABC\n");

shows ABC against the left most edge with no white space?

Yes, it doesn't produce TABS.

On revisiting this and using your example, I discovered that linking to the library (libscl) seems to output two spaces rather than the expected TABS.

> Is it a bug with other side effects? Or expected behaviour?

Well, -mlibscl links against the SharedCLibrary, so it would be the
printf there that is responsible. Whether it's intended behaviour,
I'm not sure.

I have tried different ROMS back to 5.28, and the issue is there, so perhaps it is what it is.

I was wondering whether or not reporting it to ROOL. My gut feeling is that it's probably best to accept that it's a feature when linking to that particular library using GCC.

All the best,

Andrew.