Package: findutils Version: 4.2.27-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch upstream
Please could you add -J as an alias for -I ? This is for compatibility with FreeBSD. I sent it to upstream BTS: https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=4916 -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-k7 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Versions of packages findutils depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an findutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information
diff -ur findutils-4.2.27.old/xargs/xargs.c findutils-4.2.27/xargs/xargs.c --- findutils-4.2.27.old/xargs/xargs.c 2005-12-04 03:51:36.000000000 +0100 +++ findutils-4.2.27/xargs/xargs.c 2006-02-17 11:28:27.000000000 +0100 @@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ return 0; case 'I': /* POSIX */ + case 'J': /* FreeBSD compat */ case 'i': /* deprecated */ if (optarg) bc_ctl.replace_pat = optarg;
