Debian Bug report logs - #1003339
findutils: find manpage definition of "-delete" misses that it can delete directories

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chris Davies <chris@roaima.co.uk>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: findutils: find manpage definition of "-delete" misses that it can delete directories

Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2022 16:16:17 +0000

Package: findutils
Version: 4.8.0-1
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-Cc: chris@roaima.co.uk

Dear Maintainer,

The man page for "find" starts the reference definition "-delete" as,

    Delete files; true if removal succeeded.

The upstream GNU documentation at
https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Delete-Files.html
states,

    Delete files or directories; true if removal succeeded.

The missing two words "or directories" are important and should be
included in the man page. Otherwise the implication is that `-delete`
can only delete files, and not directories.

GNU saying that it only supports its info system and that man pages are
incomplete is one thing. Having an out-of-date or misleading man page
is another.

Please consider amending the documentation (man page) for "-delete"
so that it is closer to, or the same as, the GNU original.

Thanks


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (900, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii  libc6        2.31-13+deb11u2
ii  libselinux1  3.1-3

findutils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages findutils suggests:
ii  mlocate  0.26-5

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 1003339@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>

To: Chris Davies <chris@roaima.co.uk>, 1003339@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#1003339: findutils: find manpage definition of "-delete" misses that it can delete directories

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 18:41:07 +0100

Control: forwared -1 https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61774

On 2022-01-08 Chris Davies <chris@roaima.co.uk> wrote:
> Package: findutils
> Version: 4.8.0-1
> Severity: minor
> X-Debbugs-Cc: chris@roaima.co.uk

> Dear Maintainer,

> The man page for "find" starts the reference definition "-delete" as,

>     Delete files; true if removal succeeded.

> The upstream GNU documentation at
> https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Delete-Files.html
> states,

>     Delete files or directories; true if removal succeeded.

> The missing two words "or directories" are important and should be
> included in the man page.
[...]

Given that manpage and info are part of the upstream release I have
submitted a suggested patch to sync the wording.

cu Andreas
-- 
`What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are
so grateful to you.'
`I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'

Message #17 received at 1003339@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chris Davies <chris@roaima.co.uk>

To: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>, 1003339@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#1003339: findutils: find manpage definition of "-delete" misses that it can delete directories

Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 22:06:10 +0000

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On 08/01/2022 17:41, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>
> Given that manpage and info are part of the upstream release I have
>
> submitted a suggested patch to sync the wording.
>

Thank you. Appreciated

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Message #22 received at 1003339-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 1003339-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#1003339: fixed in findutils 4.9.0-1

Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:33:40 +0000

Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.9.0-1
Done: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
findutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1003339@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org> (supplier of updated findutils package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2022 08:09:23 +0100
Source: findutils
Architecture: source
Version: 4.9.0-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Closes: 1003339
Changes:
 findutils (4.9.0-1) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version.
     + Syncs -delete docs in manpage and info manual. Closes: #1003339
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