[bug #47261] find produces two different results for the same command

2016-02-26 Thread Eric Blake
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #47261 (project findutils): Could it be a case of automounting kicking in? If your file is hidden behind a mount point, maybe the first run triggers the mount to automount but doesn't descend, and the second one is able to descend into the (now-mounted) location? __

[bug #47261] find produces two different results for the same command

2016-02-26 Thread James Youngman
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #47261 (project findutils): I wonder if something is special about /sys. What happens if you invoke find like this: sudo find / \( -path /sys -prune \) , -iname 'firefox_binary.py' Also do you definitely need to run "find" the first time to see the difference in beh

[bug #47261] find produces two different results for the same command

2016-02-26 Thread James Youngman
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #47261 (project findutils): It's also interesting to see the contents of the struct stat instances we get for the stat calls. Could you use "strace -v" rather than plan strace please? ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #47261] find produces two different results for the same command

2016-02-26 Thread James Youngman
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #47261 (project findutils): Some other things: 1. what file systems types are being used for the affected machine? 2. I assume that the same problem exists with -name as with -iname, but could you check? What about -regex? 3. You say the problem happens "the first ti

[bug #47261] find produces two different results for the same command

2016-02-26 Thread James Youngman
Update of bug #47261 (project findutils): Severity: 3 - Normal => 4 - Important Status:None => Need Info Assigned to:None => jay