findutils-4.3.2: core dump when run as root on Solaris 10 SPARC

The findutils-4.3.2 locate utility dumps core when run as root on Solaris 10 SPARC: # gdb /usr/local/bin/locate-4.3.2-dumps-core-as-root GNU gdb 6.6 ... (gdb) run Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xff130db0 in strlen () from /lib

Changes to the way findutils is built from gnulib

Findutils-4.2.30 was released earlier today. Following that release, there has been a change to the way in which the findutils code is built from the CVS repository. The import-gnulib.sh script now automatically downloads and configures the correct version of gnulib, as controlled by a new confi

[bug #13252] Test failure: tcl error: bad option "normalize"

Update of bug #13252 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.2.30 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18433] Compiling with --enable-debug is broken

Update of bug #18433 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.2.30 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18787] find -prune not pruning soon enough?

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #18787 (project findutils): This is what I see when I run essentially the same command string: $ for exe in /bin/find ; do /bin/rm -fr blah; mkdir -p blah/foo ; $exe blah -name foo -print -exec /bin/rm -rf {} \; -prune ; $exe --version ; /bin/rm -rf blah ; done blah/foo

GNU findutils 4.2.30 is released

I am pleased to announce the release of version 4.2.30 of GNU findutils. GNU findutils is a set of software tools for finding files that match certain criteria and for performing various operations on them. Findutils includes the programs "find", "xargs" and "locate". More information about find

Re: Strange message from updatedb

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This was reported on the cygwin list. Basically, updatedb --prunepaths is fundamentally broken, because it uses a space instead of PATH_SEPARATOR as the separator between directory names, which conflicts with uses of space in directory names. A worka