[bugs #11192] Inconsistent display of warningmessage about options and non-options

[James Youngman]

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[bugs #11192] 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 #11192] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=11192>
Project: findutils
Submitted by: Andreas Metzler
On: Thu 12/02/04 at 17:22

Category:  find
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:  Inconsistent display of warningmessage about options and non-options

Original Submission:  Recent releases of find display a warning message if 
overall options like -maxdepth appear in the middle of the expression, however 
displaying this warning is inconsistent:

downhill:/etc# find . -xdev -depth -type f -print > /dev/null
find: warning: you have specified the -depth option after a non-option argument 
-xdev, but options are not positional (-depth affects tests specified before it 
as well as those specified after it).  Please specify options before other 
arguments.

# but -depth *is* a non-option.

downhill:/etc# find . -type f -depth -print > /dev/null
find: warning: you have specified the -depth option after a non-option argument 
-type, but options are not positional (-depth affects tests specified before it 
as well as those specified after it).  Please specify options before other 
arguments.

#switching the nooptions works:

downhill:/etc# find . -depth -xdev -type f -print > /dev/null

        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 17:57         By: James Youngman <jay>
This problem is fixed in the CVS code for findutils.
To resolve your problem, you could either wait for the 
next official release of findutils, or check out a copy 
of the code from the CVS repository for findutils.


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Date: Thu 12/02/04 at 17:36         By: Andreas Metzler <ametzler>
Actually the problem is -xdev, which is not recognized as global option, this 
might be enough:
-{ARG_TEST,               "xdev",                  parse_xdev}
+{ARG_OPTION,             "xdev",                  parse_xdev}












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