Control: severity 958143 normal On 2020-04-19 Thorsten Glaser <t...@mirbsd.de> wrote: > Package: findutils > Version: 4.7.0-1 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks unrelated software
> $ mkdir ./-a > $ mkdir ./-a/b > $ find ./-a > ./-a > ./-a/b > $ find -- ./-a > ./-a > ./-a/b > $ find -- -a > find: invalid expression; you have used a binary operator '-a' with nothing > before it. > One normally uses the “--” precisely *because* arbitrary input shouldn’t > be confused with an option. This is even documented in the manpage: > 39 ately after the last path name. The five `real' options -H, > -L, -P, -D > 40 and -O must appear before the first path name, if at all. > A double > 41 dash -- can also be used to signal that any remaining > arguments are not > 42 options (though ensuring that all start points begin with > either `./' > 43 or `/' is generally safer if you use wildcards in the list > of start > 44 points). I do not think this is going to break any software not using find. Adjusting severity. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
