Bug#724907: lintian: [new check] warn on deprecated find -perm +x option
On 2013-09-29 Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> 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;users=ametzler@debian.org
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