Debian Bug Tracking System wrote on Sun, 04.09.2005: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #326595: /usr/bin/updatedb: $PRUNEPATHS doesn't follow standard to > split paths by a colon, which was filed against the findutils package. > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > Received: (at 326595-done) by bugs.debian.org; 4 Sep 2005 10:11:44 > +0000 From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Sep 04 03:11:44 2005 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from m26s25.vlinux.de [83.151.30.59] > ([t40HTkP9xZljL0ykUrTT7oAH+eigsUxT]) > by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 1 (Debian)) > id 1EBrTT-0000XQ-00; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 03:11:44 -0700 > Received: from adsl-156.252.166.194.arpa.as1901.net > ([194.166.252.156] helo=argenau.downhill.at.eu.org > ident=[OZa3d1wHCuImA0tOoHU5bQyDD+ET4lO4]) by m26s25.vlinux.de > with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1EBrTc-0006UW-7F > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:11:52 +0000 > Received: from ametzler by argenau.downhill.at.eu.org with local (Exim > 4.52) > id 1EBrTR-00058t-3t > for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:11:41 +0200 > Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 12:11:41 +0200 > From: Andreas Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug#326595: /usr/bin/updatedb: $PRUNEPATHS doesn't follow > standard to split paths by a colon Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-GPG-Fingerprint: BCF7 1345 BE42 B5B8 1A57 EE09 1D33 9C65 8B8D 7663 > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i > X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.0 required=4.0 > tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER > autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 > > On 2005-09-04 CAiRO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: findutils > > Version: 4.1.20-6 > > Severity: normal > > File: /usr/bin/updatedb > > > updatedb supports the environment variable PRUNEPATHS. In contrast > > to other environment variables which enumerate paths (e.g. PATH), > > the paths in PRUNEPATHS have to be split by space instead of a > > colon. > > Where is the bug? There is no universal standard delimiter-character > and the updatedb's behavior is documented. > > closing as notabug. > cu andreas
Actually, it isn't documented (in the man page). The command line argument is documented and you'd have to conclude that the environment variable follows the same syntax which I didn't because I'm used delimit paths by a colon. It might not be a universal standard, but it's a defacto standard. Do you disagree that it would be advantageous for the user if the standard tools all used the same delimiter for their environment variables that contain paths? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
