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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2018 09:35:37 +0200
From:      Harry Schmalzbauer <freebsd@omnilan.de>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r327362 - in head/usr.bin/find: . tests
Message-ID:  <bb13ac91-7b4e-b014-ccd1-f9b858f61a56@omnilan.de>
In-Reply-To: <201712292208.vBTM8hpG048007@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201712292208.vBTM8hpG048007@repo.freebsd.org>

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Am 29.12.2017 um 23:08 schrieb Conrad Meyer:
> Author: cem
> Date: Fri Dec 29 22:08:43 2017
> New Revision: 327362
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/327362
>
> Log:
>    find(1): Fix -newer and -samefile to conform to POSIX[0]
>    
>    By default, or with the -P flag, find(1) should evaluate paths "physically."
>    For symlinks, this means using the link itself instead of the target.
>    
>    Historically (since the import of BSD 4.4-lite from CSRG), find(1) has
>    failed to refer to the link itself, at least for -newer and -samefile.
>    
>    [0]: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/find.html
>    

It's a bit late, but is it possible to MFC this commit in time for 11.2?
This wasn't tagged for MFC by cem@ and I forgot to ask if somone else 
wants to take care.

Thanks,

-harry




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