Debian Bug report logs - #397434
findutils: no option to find devices for major/minor number

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

From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-bugs@zugschlus.de>

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

Subject: findutils: no option to find devices for major/minor number

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:38:09 +0100

Package: findutils
Version: 4.2.28-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

find does not have the ability to find device nodes with given
major/minor number. It should.

Greetings
Marc

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.2-zgsrv
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries

findutils recommends no packages.

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Message #10 received at 397434-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org>

To: 397434-submitter@bugs.debian.org, Andreas Metzler <gnu@downhill.at.eu.org>, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [sr #105661] wishlist: no option to find devices for major/minor number

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:36:42 +0000

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?105661>

                 Summary: wishlist: no option to find devices for major/minor
number
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ametzler
            Submitted on: Dienstag 07.11.2006 um 19:36
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 1 - Wish
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

Marc Haber writes in http://bugs.debian.org/397434
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find does not have the ability to find device nodes with given
major/minor number. It should.

Greetings
Marc
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Message #17 received at 397434@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>

To: 397434@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Please justify the feature request

Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:32:52 +0000

> find does not have the ability to find device nodes with given
> major/minor number. It should.

That's an interesting feature request, and should fit in well with the
existing design.

But, if this feature is implemented, someone (myself in fact) will
have to spend a lot of time implementing the feature, writing tests
for it, documenting it, and maintaining the feature for as long as GNU
findutils exists.

To make responsible use of our time, we should be sure that the
benefit justifies the costs.   This feature request hasn't previously
been made, so it looks like it's not that popular a request.   So, in
order to help us make sure we're using our time wisely, please justify
the need for the new feature.   Could you explain why this is useful,
why the maintenance cost is justified, and why alternative ways of
solving the problem are worse?   Right now the only justification we
have stated is

> It should.

If I'm going to spend time working on this, I'm going to need a more
convincing argument that that's how I should spend my time.

James.

Message #20 received at 397434-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>

To: 397434-submitter@bugs.debian.org

Subject: [jay@gnu.org: Bug#397434: Please justify the feature request]

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 13:28:12 +0100

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?46791

----- Forwarded message from James Youngman <jay@gnu.org> -----
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:32:52 +0000
From: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>
To: 397434@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#397434: Please justify the feature request
In-Reply-To: <20061107113809.6871.63737.reportbug@nechayev.zugschlus.de>

> find does not have the ability to find device nodes with given
> major/minor number. It should.

That's an interesting feature request, and should fit in well with the
existing design.

But, if this feature is implemented, someone (myself in fact) will
have to spend a lot of time implementing the feature, writing tests
for it, documenting it, and maintaining the feature for as long as GNU
findutils exists.

To make responsible use of our time, we should be sure that the
benefit justifies the costs.   This feature request hasn't previously
been made, so it looks like it's not that popular a request.   So, in
order to help us make sure we're using our time wisely, please justify
the need for the new feature.   Could you explain why this is useful,
why the maintenance cost is justified, and why alternative ways of
solving the problem are worse?   Right now the only justification we
have stated is

> It should.

If I'm going to spend time working on this, I'm going to need a more
convincing argument that that's how I should spend my time.

James.
----- End forwarded message -----

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