Re: Request for long option support for find -type

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 9/29/23 04:00, A C wrote: I would like to request that the find command supports long options for the -type argument, such as "--type=directory" or "-type directory". This would make the command more readable and self-explanatory, especially when writing bash scripts that use find. Thanks

[PATCH] doc: reference COPYING from README

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
* README: Reference COPYING as per the GNU coding standards, and enforced by a new syntax-check from gnulib. --- README | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 80bfb5f5..0bd9ea93 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ options, some borrowed from Unix a

[PATCH] maint: update gnulib to latest

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
There have been 522 commits on gnulib since the last update. * bootstrap: Auto-update. * bootstrap-funclib.sh: Likewise. * gnulib: Update to latest. --- bootstrap| 18 +++ bootstrap-funclib.sh | 54 +++- gnulib | 2 +-

[PATCH] maint: run groff(1) when lint-ing man pages

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Newer troff(1) complains about the TE macro: find/find.1:908: warning: tbl preprocessor failed, or it or soelim \ was not run; table(s) likely not rendered (TE macro called with \ TW register undefined) * build-aux/man-lint.sh: Change from troff(1) to groff(1). --- build-aux/man-lint.s

[PATCH 0/4] some maintenance patches

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
* [PATCH 1/4] maint: run groff(1) when lint-ing man pages * [PATCH 2/4] maint: update gnulib to latest * [PATCH 3/4] doc: reference COPYING from README * [PATCH 4/4] maint: go back to using 'error'

[PATCH] maint: go back to using 'error'

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Now that Gnulib's 'error' module does proper static checking for not returning, we need no longer use the 'die' macro. This makes code easier to read for people that are used to 'error'. * cfg.mk (sc_die_EXIT_FAILURE): Remove. * src/die.h: Remove. All includes removed. All calls to 'die' changed

Re: [PATCH] xargs.1: some remarks and editing fixes in the man page

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 6/29/23 00:13, Bernhard Voelker wrote: Hello Bjarni, On 6/20/23 20:13, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > [...] many thanks for the fixes - this is highly appreciated. I like them all. Pushed at: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=a77c161b651c6157a91f26873c63e0cd8392e4

[bug #64717] find-4.9.0: aborted after assertion at line 3179 of parser.c

2023-09-30 Thread Bernhard Voelker
Update of bug #64717 (project findutils): Status:None => Fixed Assigned to:None => berny ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Nice catch! Fixed