Debian Bug report logs - #522389
findutils: find manual page is not consistent with path / wholename changes

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

From: Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>

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

Subject: findutils: find manual page is not consistent with path / wholename changes

Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:47:49 +0100

Package: findutils
Version: 4.4.0-2
Severity: minor


As per resolved bug #336078 POSIX standardised on path/ipath over wholename/iwholename

However manual page still says "ipath" is deprecated use "iwholename".
Whilst "wholename" correctly says to prefer "path" for portability.
Took me a while to track down the explanation and current status of these options.

I believe upstreams online documentation is also incorrect on this matter, although the code correctly (since 4.4.0) no longer warns about use of ipath, and the changelog and NEWS both notes these changes and why.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.7-18     GNU C Library: Shared libraries

findutils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages findutils suggests:
pn  mlocate | locate | slocate    <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information

Message #10 received at 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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

To: Andreas Metzler <gnu@downhill.at.eu.org>, 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [bug #26092] find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over -ipath

Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:05:23 +0000

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26092>

                 Summary: find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over
-ipath
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ametzler
            Submitted on: So 05 Apr 2009 18:05:20 CEST
                Category: documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Simon Waters
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

Hello,

this is http://bugs.debian.org/522389 submitted by Simon Waters:
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As per resolved bug #336078 POSIX standardised on path/ipath over
wholename/iwholename

However manual page still says "ipath" is deprecated use "iwholename". Whilst
"wholename" correctly says to prefer "path" for portability. Took me a while
to track down the explanation and current status of these options.

I believe upstreams online documentation is also incorrect on this matter,
although the code correctly (since 4.4.0) no longer warns about use of ipath,
and the changelog and NEWS both notes these changes and why.
------------------------

Patch against GIT head attached.
cu andreas



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Message #15 received at 522389@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>

To: Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>, 522389@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#522389: findutils: find manual page is not consistent with path / wholename changes

Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:16:50 +0100

Unfortunately -ipath is not in POSIX.

Message #18 received at 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Youngman <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org>

To: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>, 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [bug #26092] find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over -ipath

Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:15:43 +0000

Update of bug #26092 (project findutils):

             Assigned to:                    None => jay                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

POSIX doesn't include -ipath, so the argument for applying the patch is
essentially consistency with -path, which is in POSIX.

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Message #21 received at 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Simon Waters <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org>

To: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>, Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>, 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [bug #26092] find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over -ipath

Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:06:41 +0000

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #26092 (project findutils):

... and consistency with freeBSD. Although I think consistency with "path" is
sufficient reason to prefer "ipath".

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Message #24 received at 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Youngman <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org>

To: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>, Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>, 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [bug #26092] find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over -ipath

Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:56:41 +0000

Update of bug #26092 (project findutils):

                  Status:                    None => Fixed                  


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Message #27 received at 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: James Youngman <INVALID.NOREPLY@gnu.org>

To: James Youngman <jay@gnu.org>, Simon Waters <simon@technocool.net>, 522389-submitter@bugs.debian.org, bug-findutils@gnu.org

Subject: [bug #26092] find.1 still marks -iwholename as prefered over -ipath

Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:52:52 +0000

Update of bug #26092 (project findutils):

             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed                 
           Fixed Release:                    None => 4.5.5                  


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Message #34 received at 522389-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>

To: 522389-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#522389: fixed in findutils 4.5.7-1

Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:59:10 +0000

Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.5.7-1

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_4.5.7-1.debian.tar.gz
  to main/f/findutils/findutils_4.5.7-1.debian.tar.gz
findutils_4.5.7-1.dsc
  to main/f/findutils/findutils_4.5.7-1.dsc
findutils_4.5.7-1_i386.deb
  to main/f/findutils/findutils_4.5.7-1_i386.deb
findutils_4.5.7.orig.tar.gz
  to main/f/findutils/findutils_4.5.7.orig.tar.gz
locate_4.5.7-1_i386.deb
  to main/f/findutils/locate_4.5.7-1_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 522389@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

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

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:32:46 +0200
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils locate
Architecture: source i386
Version: 4.5.7-1
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
 locate     - maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Closes: 522389 565653 568490 572809
Changes: 
 findutils (4.5.7-1) experimental; urgency=low
 .
   * Use dh_installcron to install locate's cron script.
   * Stop suggesting slocate, it has been removed from the archive.
     Closes: #565653
   * New upstream development release.
     + includes patch for SELinux support (option -context and -printf '%Z').
       Closes: #572809
     + Correct error message for invalid arg to -ctime and other arguments
       ("invalid argument" istead of "missing argument"). Closes: #568490
     + Consistent documentation about (i)path/(i)wholename. Closes: #522389
   * Add libselinux1-dev to build-depends.
   * Ship find-maint.info.
   * [lintian] Drop leading asterisks in NEWS file.
   * Drop dpatch in favour of 3.0 (quilt).
   * Update debian/copyright.
   * Point watchfile to alpha.gnu.org.
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