[bug #23964] Conflicting assumptions about slashes and -name

[Eric Blake]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #23964 (project findutils):

The second version CANNOT match anything, and if it did match something, then
that is a bug.  '-name' implies that a basename search is performed, and the
basename of './core.*' is 'core.*', regardless of whether you searched in
core* or ./core*.  The reason your first version matched nothing is because
core files with a literal * in the name are rare, you probably meant "-name
core.*" or "-name 'core.*'" in your shell quoting, rather than the overquoted
"-name 'core.*'".

In fact, bug 20970 was all about fixing the -name diagnostics, since the ONLY
file that can ever match -name while containing a / is "/" (and "//" on
certain systems).

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