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bug #20005: find -mtime [+-n]" is broken (behaves as "-mtime n")

Submitter:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted:  Tue 29 May 2007 06:00:30 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  find Severity:  4 - Important
Item Group:  Wrong result Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Roderich Schupp Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  4.3.6 Fixed Release:  4.3.7
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Thu 31 May 2007 09:05:45 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in CVS.

(file #12909)

James Youngman <jay>
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Tue 29 May 2007 06:00:30 PM UTC, original submission:  

This is http://bugs.debian.org/426505 submitted by Roderich Schupp. There is nothing to add, I have verified his findings. (Thanks, Roderich!)
cu andreas

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Package: findutils
Version: 4.3.6-1
Severity: normal

"find -mtime [+-]n" is broken:

$ date
Tue May 29 00:33:37 CEST 2007

$ find 2007-05-2* -type f -ls
1986025    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         210 May 25 19:54
2007-05-25/JOBS
1995532    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         141 May 26 20:40
2007-05-26/JOBS
1997118    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         197 May 27 18:48
2007-05-27/JOBS
   9429    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         625 May 28 21:12
2007-05-28/JOBS

$ find 2007-05-2* -type f -mtime -3 -ls
1986025    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         210 May 25 19:54
2007-05-25/JOBS
$ find 2007-05-2* -type f -mtime -2 -ls
1995532    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         141 May 26 20:40
2007-05-26/JOBS
$ find 2007-05-2* -type f -mtime -1 -ls
1997118    4 -rw-r--r--   1 schupp   users         197 May 27 18:48
2007-05-27/JOBS

Results are the same if I replace -n with +n, or just n (in which case the results are correct). This behaviour is a regression from 4.3.5-1.

Cheers, Roderich

Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

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file #12909:  sv-bug-20005.patch added by jay (3KiB - text/x-patch - Fix)

 

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        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.3.7
    2007-05-31 jay Attached File- Added sv-bug-20005.patch, #12909
        Severity3 - Normal 4 - Important
        StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone jay
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