diff -Nrup a/stdio-common/vfprintf.c b/stdio-common/vfprintf.c
--- a/stdio-common/vfprintf.c	2012-08-03 00:02:42.253538998 -0400
+++ b/stdio-common/vfprintf.c	2012-08-03 00:50:08.969629495 -0400
@@ -1682,8 +1682,6 @@ do_positional:
  	    /* Now set SPECS_MALLOCED if needed.  */
  	   if (!__libc_use_alloca (nspecs_size))
  	     specs_malloced = true;
-	    /* Copy the old array's elements to the new space.  */
-	    memmove (specs, old, nspecs * sizeof (*specs));
 	  }
 
 	/* Parse the format specifier.  */
Binary files a/stdio-common/.vfprintf.c.swp and b/stdio-common/.vfprintf.c.swp differ