2007-10-25 Josh Stone <joshua.i.stone@intel.com>

	PR 5219
	* stap.1.in: Add a note about string literal limitations in printf
	and printd.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 101f0adb0c82d17aea6432c524c8587f458845dc..72f8c77bc453cfee8eb036a2462a0ed40667a5c9 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-10-25  Josh Stone  <joshua.i.stone@intel.com>
+
+       PR 5219
+       * stap.1.in: Add a note about string literal limitations in printf
+       and printd.
+
 2007-10-22  Jim Keniston  <jkenisto@us.ibm.com>
 
        * runtime/uprobes/uprobes_x86_64.[ch]: Added x86_64 uprobes support

diff --git a/stap.1.in b/stap.1.in
index 8b23c595d39a0dd884e6587cbdb2885b0ef58f57..8fd7fec712051e3ece4141021ec6df9a4d2a644e 100644 (file)
--- a/stap.1.in
+++ b/stap.1.in
@@ -531,7 +531,8 @@ but also append a newline.
 .TP
 .BR printd ", " sprintd
 Take a string delimiter and two or more values of any type, and print the
-values with the delimiter interposed.
+values with the delimiter interposed.  The delimiter must be a literal
+string constant.
 .TP
 .BR printdln ", " sprintdln
 Print values with a delimiter like
@@ -540,7 +541,7 @@ but also append a newline.
 .TP
 .BR printf ", " sprintf
 Take a formatting string and a number of values of corresponding types,
-and print them all.
+and print them all.  The format must be a literal string constant.
 .PP
 The
 .IR printf