Follow-up Comment #1, bug #17372 (project findutils): It could just be that -depth is wrongly implemented in ftsfind.c:-
$ for find in /usr/bin/find find oldfind-dev find-dev ; do echo; echo $find : $( $find --version | sed -e 1q); strace -e lstat64 $find /tmp/X -maxdepth 1 -perm 0 -false -print ; done ; echo ; echo Layout:; find /tmp/X /usr/bin/find : GNU find version 4.1.20 lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=32768, ...}) = 0 lstat64("/tmp/X", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("Y", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 find : GNU find version 4.2.29-CVS lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=32768, ...}) = 0 lstat64("X", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("Y", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 oldfind-dev : GNU find version 4.3.2-CVS lstat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0711, st_size=32768, ...}) = 0 lstat64("X", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("Y", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 find-dev : GNU find version 4.3.2-CVS lstat64("/tmp/X", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("Y", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("Z", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("ZZ", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("ZZZ", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 lstat64("q", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 Layout: /tmp/X /tmp/X/Y /tmp/X/Y/Z /tmp/X/Y/Z/P /tmp/X/Y/ZZ /tmp/X/Y/ZZZ /tmp/X/Y/q _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=17372> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-findutils mailing list Bug-findutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-findutils