GNU findutils 4.3.3 is now available on alpha.gnu.org

I am pleased to announce the release of version 4.3.3 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 findu

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

Update of bug #18787 (project findutils): Assigned to: jay => ericb ___ Follow-up Comment #3: Eric, can _you_ reproduce this problem at all? _

[bug #17861] make of find fails on Solaris 2.8

Update of bug #17861 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #5: No response. Closing the bug. ___

[bug #18576] -execdir vs. PATH

Update of bug #18576 (project findutils): Assigned to:None => jay Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #10: Discussion seem

[bug #11668] [wishlist] FreeBSD extensions for time specification.

Update of bug #11668 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Follow-up Comment #7: Birth time is no

[bug #14535] locate doesn't support UTF-8

Update of bug #14535 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #14748] find -perm /zzz gives wrong result when zzz evaluates to an all-zero mask

Update of bug #14748 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #17396] find -mtime -atime -ctime does not support fractional part

Update of bug #17396 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18320] Zero bytes in input should give warning

Update of bug #18320 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18384] excess bracket in xargs --help

Update of bug #18384 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18466] -execdir {} + broken in new find

Update of bug #18466 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18554] Document construct -exec sh -c 'foo "$@" bar' {} +

Update of bug #18554 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18713] "" or '' at the end of xargs input doesn't generate an empty argument

Update of bug #18713 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #18714] and also seen as separators by GNU xargs

Update of bug #18714 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #19155] Typo in locate --help

Update of bug #19155 (project findutils): Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #19596] Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512

Update of bug #19596 (project findutils): Assigned to:None => jay Open/Closed:Open => Closed Fixed Release:None => 4.3.3 __

Re: [bug #19349] doc bug on -size

On 4/15/07, James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Follow-up Comment #2: No response from submitter; closing the bug. I do beg your pardon; you did respond, just not into the entry in the bug database. Thanks for getting back to me. James. ___

[bug #19349] doc bug on -size

Update of bug #19349 (project findutils): Category:find => documentation Status:None => Invalid Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___

[bug #19596] Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512

Update of bug #19596 (project findutils): Status:None => Fixed ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Fixed in 4.3.x and 4.2.x. Thanks. _

[bug #19596] Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512

URL: Summary: Typo in docs: %b greater than %s/512 Project: findutils Submitted by: ametzler Submitted on: Sonntag 15.04.2007 um 18:42 Category: documentation Severity

Re: Things to bear in mind when changing updatedb...

On 2007-04-15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 01:35:54PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > > It's not that I am asking you to fix the bugs, it's that I hope we can > > make the problems irrelevant by improving updatedb's design. > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?

Re: Things to bear in mind when changing updatedb...

On 4/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 01:35:54PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > It's not that I am asking you to fix the bugs, it's that I hope we can > make the problems irrelevant by improving updatedb's design. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugr

Re: Things to bear in mind when changing updatedb...

On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 01:35:54PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > It's not that I am asking you to fix the bugs, it's that I hope we can > make the problems irrelevant by improving updatedb's design. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=245874 This one seems to be a Debian issue.

Re: Good occasion to drop support for old locatedb format?

On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 12:42:01PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > Anyway, if you think it is helpful to omit that functionality for the > moment in order to complete your SOC project within a reasonable time > frame, that's OK, we can always add it back later after SOC. No, I don't think it's goi

Things to bear in mind when changing updatedb...

Leslie, There are some relevant bug reports which relate to design features of updatedb and to features that updatedb has just because it's a shell script. It's worth bearing in mind if the changes you plan will address those problems also. It's not that I am asking you to fix the bugs, it's t

Re: French translation of findutils

Francois, Thanks for letting me know about the possibility of improving the French translation of a findutils warning message. All message translations for findutils are taken from the Translation Project's web site. So in order to get your improvement into the findutils code base, please send

Re: find -noleaf

On 3/20/07, Gregg Tracton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I noticed in RHEL4 that the "default" syntax (with no command-line switches) of the 'find' command has changed to *require* the -noleaf switch for proper operation on AFS disks, CD-ROMs and some other file systems that do not adhere to the

Re: Good occasion to drop support for old locatedb format?

On 4/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: updatedb.sh mentions that support for the old locatedb format will be shortly discontinued. Would the conversion of the script to a C program be a good occasion for dropping this compatibility, or wouldn't there have been enough grace tim

Good occasion to drop support for old locatedb format?

updatedb.sh mentions that support for the old locatedb format will be shortly discontinued. Would the conversion of the script to a C program be a good occasion for dropping this compatibility, or wouldn't there have been enough grace time for users then? Leslie -- NEW homepage: https://viri

Re: French translation of findutils

On 2007-03-29 Francois Poulain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I am one (little) of the french traduc team, and I quickly seen the > french translation of findutils after this bug : > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=415836 > You can follow the discussion on the traduc maill