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#400936
find(1): typo in description of %b printf specifier
Reported by: mike castleman <m@mlcastle.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:34:04 UTC
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found in version findutils/4.2.28-1
Fixed in versions findutils/4.3.5-1, findutils/4.3.8-1, findutils/4.2.32-1
Done: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
Forwarded to http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19596
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Bug#400936; Package findutils.
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Package: findutils
Version: 4.2.28-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
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In the find(1) manpage, the description of the %b format specifier in
the -printf command currently reads:
%b The amount of disk space used for this file in 512-byte
blocks. Since disk space is allocated in multiples of the
filesystem block size this is usually greater than
%s/1024, but it can also be smaller if the file is a
sparse file.
While it is technically true that %b is usually greater than %s/1024, it
is probably more useful to say here that it is usually greater than
%s/512.
A patch making this change is attached.
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
findutils recommends no packages.
- -- no debconf information
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Summary: Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512
Project: findutils
Submitted by: ametzler
Submitted on: Sonntag 15.04.2007 um 18:42
Category: documentation
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Originator Name: Mike Castleman
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: 4.2.30
Fixed Release: None
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Details:
This is http://bugs.debian.org/400936 reported by Mike Castleman:
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In the find(1) manpage, the description of the %b format specifier in the
-printf command currently reads:
%b The amount of disk space used for this file in
512-byte
blocks. Since disk space is allocated in multiples of
the
filesystem block size this is usually greater
than
%s/1024, but it can also be smaller if the file is
a
sparse file.
While it is technically true that %b is usually greater than %s/1024, it is
probably more useful to say here that it is usually greater than %s/512.
[...]
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This applies to both 4.2.30 and CVS head. Trivial patch against manpage and
texi attached.
cu andreas
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Date: Sonntag 15.04.2007 um 18:42 Name: bug400936.diff Size: 1kB By:
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Update of bug #19596 (project findutils):
Status: None => Fixed
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Follow-up Comment #1:
Fixed in 4.3.x and 4.2.x. Thanks.
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Update of bug #19596 (project findutils):
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Fixed Release: None => 4.3.3
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Message #21 received at 400936-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.3.5-1
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:
findutils_4.3.5-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.5-1.diff.gz
findutils_4.3.5-1.dsc
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.5-1.dsc
findutils_4.3.5-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.5-1_i386.deb
findutils_4.3.5.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.5.orig.tar.gz
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 400936@bugs.debian.org,
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Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 14:40:44 +0200
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.3.5-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Description:
findutils - utilities for finding files--find, xargs, and locate
Closes: 21084 291419 354384 370057 400936 403823 412459 420190
Changes:
findutils (4.3.5-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream version.
- Better error message if the second operand of a binary operator is
missing. (Closes: #403823)
- If locatedb is old show actual age in warning mesage instead of just
saying "more than 8 days old". (Closes: #354384)
- Do not show warnings about argument ordering if -nowarn is specified.
(Closes: #370057)
- Correct docs for %b printf specifier. (Closes: #400936)
- [-version] instead of [--version] in locate --help. (Closes: #412459)
- make clean does not delete regexprops.texi if cross-building.
(Closes: #420190)
- Different error message on 'find ""'. (Closes: #21084)
- Support for *BSDs -newerXY tests allows to find files with a date in the
future without generating a temporary file. "find -newermt 2007-07-07"
(Closes: #291419)
* Undo workaround for savannah #19550, since it is a glibc bug.
Files:
3888ad33fac7e8618724af7181a7ae21 660 utils required findutils_4.3.5-1.dsc
52138c6834208506a5dd70c9701f90e8 1726358 utils required findutils_4.3.5.orig.tar.gz
6c91c88107b6fd172b449ad79b05c4c8 14695 utils required findutils_4.3.5-1.diff.gz
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Follow-up Comment #2, bug #19596 (project findutils):
The applied bugfix in both 4.2.31 and 4.3.6 is incomplete, find.1 has been
fixed but info manual has not.
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Update of bug #19596 (project findutils):
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Reopened - find.1 still needs to be fixed.
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Fixed Release: 4.3.3 => 4.3.7
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Message #35 received at 400936-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.3.8-1
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:
findutils_4.3.8-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.8-1.diff.gz
findutils_4.3.8-1.dsc
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.8-1.dsc
findutils_4.3.8-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.8-1_i386.deb
findutils_4.3.8.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.3.8.orig.tar.gz
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 400936@bugs.debian.org,
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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:05:25 +0200
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.3.8-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Description:
findutils - utilities for finding files--find, xargs, and locate
Closes: 400936 426505 426862
Changes:
findutils (4.3.8-1) experimental; urgency=low
.
* New upstream version 4.3.8.
- Fixes locate heap buffer overflow when using databases in old format.
(CVE-2007-2452) Closes: #426862
- Fixes savannah bug #20005: Tests -mtime -n and -mtime +n incorrectly
treated like -mtime n. Closes: #426505
- Correct docs for %b printf specifier. (Closes: #400936)
* Pulled from CVS: 01_sv-bug-20139.dpatch:
find -[acm]time -N (wrongly) includes files from N days ago, as well as
(correctly) from less than N days ago.
Files:
7418440bf585ca1a81608b5e02a9a96a 660 utils required findutils_4.3.8-1.dsc
b5e4f88b7b5502460c62c04f94df613d 1808049 utils required findutils_4.3.8.orig.tar.gz
c6f9eba8827ab672be030c54f2f87e97 15321 utils required findutils_4.3.8-1.diff.gz
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Message #40 received at 400936-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):
Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.2.32-1
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:
findutils_4.2.32-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.32-1.diff.gz
findutils_4.2.32-1.dsc
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.32-1.dsc
findutils_4.2.32-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.32-1_i386.deb
findutils_4.2.32.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/f/findutils/findutils_4.2.32.orig.tar.gz
locate_4.2.32-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/f/findutils/locate_4.2.32-1_i386.deb
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 400936@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:18:07 +0100
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils locate
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.2.32-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Description:
findutils - utilities for finding files--find, xargs
locate - maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Closes: 400936 459570 462224
Changes:
findutils (4.2.32-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream version.
- Fixes memory-corruption caused by off-by-one error in lib/listfile.c.
Closes: #462224
- Correct docs for %b printf specifier in info manual, too.
(Closes: #400936)
* License now GPLv3+, update debian/copyright.
* Try to preserve user changes of updatedb.conf on upgrading from findutils
versions with included locate: If updatedb.conf is user modified and
/etc/updatedb.findutils.cron.local does not yet exist, generate the
latter from the former. Closes: #459570
* Point watch file to ftp.gnu.org instead of alpha.
Files:
c0aebd9927cbe02f3fa6fcd688c238e6 671 utils required findutils_4.2.32-1.dsc
aaa6beeb41a6f04963dff58f24a55b96 1431566 utils required findutils_4.2.32.orig.tar.gz
1c084971113c92be7a1933b59ad97b2d 18336 utils required findutils_4.2.32-1.diff.gz
7ed95a4314a35248b4a758911f7a83a1 343366 utils required findutils_4.2.32-1_i386.deb
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