[bug #48683] possible regression: "no such file or directory" error when directory is removed during execution

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                 Summary: possible regression: "no such file or directory"
error when directory is removed during execution
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 02 Aug 2016 10:07:42 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.6.0
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

I am running versions from the Debian sid repositories.

$ apt show findutils
Package: findutils
Version: 4.6.0+git+20160703-2

$ find --version
find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git

I was attempting to clean multiple project directories with the same command,
effectively `rm -r` triggered by the presence of a certain file.

The `find` command will print a "no such file or directory" error when a
directory is removed while the command is running. Repro:

$ ls
$ mkdir -p a/b/c
$ touch a/b/test
$ ls -R
.:
a

./a:
b

./a/b:
c  test

./a/b/c:

$ find . -type f -name test -execdir rm -r c \;
find: ‘./a/b/c’: No such file or directory

$ echo $?
1

$ ls -R
.:
a

./a:
b

./a/b:
test

Expected behavior is identical results but no error, like in GNU find 4.4.2 on
Ubuntu.

Moreover, this error persists even in the presence of `-prune`, which strikes
me as unintuitive.

$ find . -type d -name c -prune -o -type f -name test -execdir rm -r c \;
find: ‘./a/b/c’: No such file or directory




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