Follow-up Comment #10, bug #51506 (project findutils):

> You mean to change the behavior of the default -print action (or when
omitted)
> to strip off leading directories?

Yes.


> This would break almost all existing scripts,

Not directly.

I suggest to consider the choice between additional variants for the program
“find”.


> and future scripts would not be portable any more

Corresponding users have got the same choice possibilities for portability
preferences.


> because it would depend on the mood of the admin to
> build it either way.

I guess that risks will remain for software build misconfigurations as usual,
won't they?

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