On 2013-09-29 Niels Thykier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013-09-29 17:29, Andreas Metzler wrote: >> Package: lintian >> Version: 2.5.19 >> Severity: wishlist
>> Hello, >> >> GNU find 4.5.11 and later do not support the -perm +x option anymore >> (due to being "unspecified behavior" in POSIX). >> >> It would be nice to search for invalid find-invocations before a find >> version with this feature ends up in unstable. [...] > Hey, > If all you want is to search for uses before it hits unstable, then you > can use codesearch[1]. In fact, it might be a good idea to do that > regardless of whether we make a Lintian check for it or not. > ~Niels Hello, Thanks for the hint. I want more. ;-) I had actually started with codesearch and submitted about a dozen bug-reports[1] before deciding I would not be able to to handle this on my own and needed maintainers made aware without me submitting individual reports, i.e. a lintian check. cu Andreas http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=find-perm-plus;[email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
