[bug #13495] repetition operator syntax changed in 4.2.21

[James Youngman]

Update of bug #13495 (project findutils):

                  Status:                    None => In Progress            
             Assigned to:                    None => jay                    

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Follow-up Comment #1:

This is the kind of issue on which most people don't have particularly strong
views, but it's difficult to establish a consensus for one particular course
of aciton.

I suggest that by default we use POSIX basic regular expressions and allow the
user to select an alternative by the use of a positional option, -regextype. 



This is implemented in the attached patch, which I have not yet checked in. 
This change applies to "find" but not to "locate".

Feedback appreciated.   If feedback is positive or nonexistent, I will apply
this patch in about a week.
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Additional Item Attachment:

File name: findutils-regextype.patch      Size:10 KB
Initial -regextype patch for find command
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=13495&item_file_id=2620>

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