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bug #23070: manpage find.1 needs update for -perm /000

Submitted by:  Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Submitted on:  Sat 26 Apr 2008 04:18:35 PM UTC  
 
Category: documentationSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: NoneStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: James Youngman <jay>
Originator Name: Drake WilsonOpen/Closed: Closed
Release: 4.4.0Fixed Release: 4.5.2

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Sat 26 Apr 2008 04:18:35 PM UTC, original submission:

http://bugs.debian.org/478005

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Package: findutils
Version: 4.4.0-2
Severity: minor

From find(1), regarding the -perm /mode option: "If no permission bits in mode are set, this test currently matches no files. However, it will soon be changed to match any file (the idea is to be more consistent with the behaviour of -perm -000)."

That doesn't seem to be true anymore; the change has already been
made. I believe https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?14748 has information regarding that. The man page doesn't seem to have been updated.

(Never mind that this behavior is not, in fact, more consistent from a mathematical perspective. But oh well.)

---> Drake Wilson
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Texinfo docs are correct, patch for find.1 ist straightforward:

RCS file: /cvsroot/findutils/findutils/find/find.1,v
retrieving revision 1.94
diff -u -r1.94 find.1
--- find/find.1 16 Apr 2008 09:30:28 -0000 1.94
+++ find/find.1 26 Apr 2008 16:12:45 -0000
@@ -779,8 +779,7 @@
.B EXAMPLES
section for some illustrative examples. If no permission bits in
.I mode
-are set, this test currently matches no files. However, it will soon
-be changed to match any file (the idea is to be more consistent with
+are set, this test matches any file (the idea is to be more consistent with
the behaviour of
.B \-perm
.BR \-000 ).

Andreas Metzler <ametzler>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 07 Sep 2008 03:20:48 PM UTCjayOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      Fixed ReleaseNone=>4.5.2
    Sat 28 Jun 2008 09:52:39 AM UTCjayStatusIn Progress=>Fixed
    Sun 22 Jun 2008 10:38:54 AM UTCjayStatusNone=>In Progress
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