1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/printf.c b/coreutils/printf.c
index b2429c5cf..67d3b2eda 100644
--- a/coreutils/printf.c
+++ b/coreutils/printf.c
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ static int multiconvert(const char *arg, void *result, converter convert)
 
 static void FAST_FUNC conv_strtoull(const char *arg, void *result)
 {
+        /* Allow leading '+' - bb_strtoull() by itself does not allow it,
+         * and probably shouldn't (other callers might require purely numeric
+         * inputs to be allowed.
+         */
+        if (arg[0] == '+')
+                arg++;
         *(unsigned long long*)result = bb_strtoull(arg, NULL, 0);
         /* both coreutils 6.10 and bash 3.2:
          * $ printf '%x\n' -2
@@ -107,6 +113,8 @@ static void FAST_FUNC conv_strtoull(const char *arg, void *result)
 }
 static void FAST_FUNC conv_strtoll(const char *arg, void *result)
 {
+        if (arg[0] == '+')
+                arg++;
         *(long long*)result = bb_strtoll(arg, NULL, 0);
 }
 static void FAST_FUNC conv_strtod(const char *arg, void *result)