[BusyBox 0003354]: printf does not accept patterns starting with "-" (hyphen)

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=3354 
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Reported By:                buehmann
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   3354
Category:                   Standards Compliance
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-17-2008 03:11 PDT
Last Modified:              05-17-2008 03:11 PDT
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Summary:                    printf does not accept patterns starting with "-"
(hyphen)
Description: 
Neither of the following printf calls produces the expected output
"-foo-":

busybox printf -%s- foo
busybox printf -- -%s- foo

Both of these fail with a usage message.
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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-17-08 03:11  buehmann       New Issue                                    
05-17-08 03:11  buehmann       Status                   new => assigned     
05-17-08 03:11  buehmann       Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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