Debian Bug report logs - #726870
find(1): Unnecessary backslash in front of ";" in the manual and some formatting improvements

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

From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>

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

Subject: find(1): Unnecessary backslash in front of ";" in the manual and some formatting improvements

Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 01:41:08 +0000

Package: findutils
Version: 4.5.12-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

  From "groff -b -ww -mandoc -z":

/home/bg/opt/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/an-old.tmac:382: backtrace: macro `B'
<groff: find.1>:1842: warning: escape character ignored before `;'

  Inputfile is /var/tmp/findutils-4.5.12/find/find.1

  Debian bugs #628760 and #721819 are already fixed in this version

  Debian bug #661086 fixed (missing 'you')

  Changes (besides the warning):

  Word 'filsystem' changed to 'filesystem'

  A full stop (.) that starts or ends a string and is a part of it,
protected with \&

  Space between some sentences reduced or increased.  Better is to begin
each sentence on a new line

  Word 'signifiy' changed to 'signify'

  Word 'immeidately' changed to 'immediately'

  Patch:

--- /var/tmp/findutils-4.5.12/find/find.1	2013-09-22 15:25:43.000000000 +0000
+++ find.1.new	2013-10-20 00:39:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ need to stat the file first.
 If you use the
 .B \-fstype
 .I FOO
-predicate and specify a filsystem type
+predicate and specify a filesystem type
 .I FOO
 which is not known (that is, present in `/etc/mtab') at the time
 .B find
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ starts, that predicate is equivalent to
 .BR \-false .
 .IP 3
 At this optimisation level, the full cost-based query optimiser is
-enabled.  The order of tests is modified so that cheap (i.e. fast)
+enabled.  The order of tests is modified so that cheap (i.e.\& fast)
 tests are performed first and more expensive ones are performed later,
 if necessary.  Within each cost band, predicates are evaluated earlier
 or later according to whether they are likely to succeed or not.  For
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ not actually improve the performance of
 .BR find ,
 it will be removed again.  Conversely, optimisations that prove to be
 reliable, robust and effective may be enabled at lower optimisation
-levels over time.  However, the default behaviour (i.e. optimisation
+levels over time.  However, the default behaviour (i.e.\& optimisation
 level 1) will not be changed in the 4.3.x release series.  The
 findutils test suite runs all the tests on
 .B find
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ searching filesystems that do not follow
 convention, such as CD-ROM or MS-DOS filesystems or AFS volume mount
 points.  Each directory on a normal Unix filesystem has at least 2
 hard links: its name and its `.'  entry.  Additionally, its
-subdirectories (if any) each have a `..'  entry linked to that
+subdirectories (if any) each have a `..\&' entry linked to that
 directory.  When
 .B find
 is examining a directory, after it has statted 2 fewer subdirectories
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Like
 but the match is case insensitive.
 
 .IP "\-iwholename \fIpattern\fR"
-See \-ipath.    This alternative is less portable than
+See \-ipath.  This alternative is less portable than
 .BR \-ipath .
 
 .IP "\-links \fIn\fR"
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ section for some illustrative examples.
 .IP "\-perm \-\fImode\fR"
 All of the permission bits \fImode\fR are set for the file.
 Symbolic modes are accepted in this form, and this is usually the way
-in which would want to use them.  You must specify `u', `g' or `o' if
+in which you would want to use them.  You must specify `u', `g' or `o' if
 you use a symbolic mode.   See the
 .B EXAMPLES
 section for some illustrative examples.
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ handle sparse files
 differently.  The `b' suffix always denotes 512-byte blocks and never
 1 Kilobyte blocks, which is different to the behaviour of
 .BR \-ls .
-The + and - prefixes signifiy greater than and less than, as usual,
+The + and - prefixes signify greater than and less than, as usual,
 but bear in mind that the size is rounded up to the next unit (so a
 1-byte file is not matched by
 .BR "-size -1M" ).
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ File was last accessed \fIn\fR days afte
 File is owned by user \fIuname\fR (numeric user ID allowed).
 
 .IP "\-wholename \fIpattern\fR"
-See \-path.    This alternative is less portable than
+See \-path.  This alternative is less portable than
 .BR \-path .
 
 .IP "\-writable"
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ available on all systems, due to differe
 systems.
 .RS
 .IP @
-seconds since Jan. 1, 1970, 00:00 GMT, with fractional part.
+seconds since Jan.\& 1, 1970, 00:00 GMT, with fractional part.
 .PP
 Time fields:
 .IP H
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ last two digits of year (00..99)
 year (1970...)
 .RE
 .IP %b
-The amount of disk space used for this file in 512-byte blocks. Since disk
+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/512, but it can also be smaller if the file is a sparse file.
 .IP %c
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ Starting-point under which file was foun
 .IP %i
 File's inode number (in decimal).
 .IP %k
-The amount of disk space used for this file in 1K blocks. Since disk space is
+The amount of disk space used for this file in 1K 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.
 .IP %l
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ section for information about how unusua
 
 .RE
 .IP \-prune
-True; if the file is a directory, do not descend into it. If
+True; if the file is a directory, do not descend into it.  If
 .B \-depth
 is given, false; no effect.  Because
 .B \-delete
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ paths specified on the command line will
 will print only
 .BR /tmp/foo .
 Any command lines which have been built up with
-.B \-execdir ... {} +
+.B \-execdir \&...\& {} +
 will be invoked before
 .B find
 exits.   The exit status may or may not be zero, depending on whether
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ Same as \fIexpr1\fR
 .IP "\fIexpr1\fR , \fIexpr2\fR"
 List; both \fIexpr1\fR and \fIexpr2\fR are always evaluated.  The
 value of \fIexpr1\fR is discarded; the value of the list is the value
-of \fIexpr2\fR. The comma operator can be useful for searching for
+of \fIexpr2\fR.  The comma operator can be useful for searching for
 several different types of thing, but traversing the filesystem
 hierarchy only once.  The
 .B \-fprintf
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ Interpretation of the response is accord
 patterns selected by setting the `LC_MESSAGES' environment variable.
 When the `POSIXLY_CORRECT' environment variable is set, these patterns
 are taken system's definition of a positive (yes) or negative (no)
-response. See the system's
+response.  See the system's
 documentation for \fBnl_langinfo\fP(3), in particular YESEXPR and
 NOEXPR.    When `POSIXLY_CORRECT' is not set, the patterns are instead
 taken from
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ The
 .B find
 utility shall detect infinite loops; that is, entering a
 previously visited directory that is an ancestor of the last file
-encountered. When it detects an infinite loop, find shall write a
+encountered.  When it detects an infinite loop, find shall write a
 diagnostic message to standard error and shall either recover its
 position in the hierarchy or terminate.
 .P
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ on every file.
 
 .P
 .nf
-.B find . \-type f \-exec file \(aq{}\(aq \e\;
+.B find . \-type f \-exec file \(aq{}\(aq \e;
 
 .fi
 Runs `file' on every file in or below the current directory.  Notice
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ but omits files and directories named
 ends in
 .BR ~ ,
 but not their contents.  The construct
-.B \-prune \-o \e( ... \-print0 \e)
+.B \-prune \-o \e( \&...\& \-print0 \e)
 is quite common.  The idea here is that the expression before
 .B \-prune
 matches things which are to be pruned.  However, the
@@ -2030,12 +2030,12 @@ on the correctness of the results of
 
 When some error occurs,
 .B find
-may stop immeidately, without completing all the actions specified.
+may stop immediately, without completing all the actions specified.
 For example, some starting points may not have been examined or some
 pending program invocations for
-.B \-exec ... {} +
+.B \-exec \&...\& {} +
 or
-.B \-execdir ... {} +
+.B \-execdir \&...\& {} +
 may not have been performed.
 
 
@@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ may not have been performed.
 \fBlstat\fP(2), \fBls\fP(1), \fBprintf\fP(3), \fBstrftime\fP(3),
 \fBctime\fP(3)
 
-The  full documentation for
+The full documentation for
 .B find
 is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
 .B info

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.1 (Corrections apply to "experimental")
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.46-1-rt67-1
Locale: LANG=is_IS, LC_CTYPE=is_IS (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages findutils depends on:
ii  dpkg          1.16.10
ii  install-info  4.13a.dfsg.1-10
ii  libc6         2.13-38

findutils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages findutils suggests:
ii  locate  4.4.2-4

-- no debconf information

-- 
Bjarni I. Gislason

Message #12 received at 726870-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>

To: 726870-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#726870: fixed in findutils 4.5.19-1

Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 15:51:17 +0000

Source: findutils
Source-Version: 4.5.19-1

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.

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 726870@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
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:06:14 +0100
Source: findutils
Binary: findutils locate
Architecture: source
Version: 4.5.19-1
Distribution: experimental
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler@debian.org>
Closes: 726870
Description: 
 findutils  - utilities for finding files--find, xargs
 locate     - maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Changes:
 findutils (4.5.19-1) experimental; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version.
     + Includes fixes submitted in Closes: #726870
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