[bugs #11189] Errors in find(1) manpage. And unescaped dashes.

[James Youngman]

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[bugs #11189] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                James Youngman <address@hidden>
'Date: 
                Sun 12/05/04 at 17:21 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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              Status | Open                      | Closed
       Fixed Release | None                      | 4.2.9


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You can download a release of findutils in which this problem is
fixed from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils.

The releases on alpha.gnu.org are for testing purposes, so please
take the time to download the release and verify that your
problem has been solved.  Once the release has been sufficiently
tested, it can be uploaded to ftp.gnu.org for everybody to use it.







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[bugs #11189] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=11189>
Project: findutils
Submitted by: Andreas Metzler
On: Thu 12/02/04 at 15:47

Category:  None
Severity:  5 - Average
Item Group:  None
Resolution:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  
Originator Email:  
Status:  Closed
Release:  4.2.8
Fixed Release:  4.2.9


Summary:  Errors in find(1) manpage. And unescaped dashes.

Original Submission:  The find manpage in 4.2.8 is buggy:
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address@hidden:/tmp$ LC_ALL=en_US man find > /dev/null
Reformatting find(1), please wait...
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:845: a space character is not allowed in an escape name
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:845: warning: can't find special character `'
/tmp/zmanCbwxIn:846: a space character is not allowed in an escape name
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The corresponding lines are:
.B find / ( -perm +4000 -fprintf /root/suid.txt '%#m %u %pen' ) , e
.B        ( -size +100M -fprintf /root/big.txt  '%-10s %pen' )

Additionally the manpage contains multiple unescaped dashes, "-" which will be 
rendered as n-dash instead of "-" in UTF-8 locales, therefore breaking not only 
cut and paste but much worse also searching. The attached patch fixes _these_.
           cu andreas

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Sun 12/05/04 at 17:21         By: James Youngman <jay>
You can download a release of findutils in which this problem is
fixed from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/findutils.

The releases on alpha.gnu.org are for testing purposes, so please
take the time to download the release and verify that your
problem has been solved.  Once the release has been sufficiently
tested, it can be uploaded to ftp.gnu.org for everybody to use it.


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Date: Fri 12/03/04 at 17:54         By: James Youngman <jay>
Some but not all had already been fixed in CVS.   I have fixed them now.

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Date: Thu 12/02/04 at 15:55         By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Attached a patch to escape dashes in xargs.1, too.






File Attachments
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Date: Thu 12/02/04 at 15:55  Name: xargs.1.escape-dashes.diff  Size: 4.79KB   
By: ametzler
escape dashes in xargs.1 where necessary.
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=11189&amp;item_file_id=1935

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Date: Thu 12/02/04 at 15:47  Name: find.1.escape-dashes.diff  Size: 7.95KB   
By: ametzler
escape dashes -where necessary- in find.1
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=11189&amp;item_file_id=1934






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