A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1872 ====================================================================== Reported By: steffen Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2024)/Issue8 Issue ID: 1872 Category: Shell and Utilities Type: Clarification Requested Severity: Editorial Priority: normal Status: Resolved Name: steffen Organization: User Reference: Section: find Page Number: 2946 Line Number: 98444 ff. Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1872#c6956 Resolution: Accepted As Marked Fixed in Version: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2024-11-07 21:34 UTC Last Modified: 2024-11-18 09:34 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: find: clarify "less safe" statement ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006961) geoffclare (manager) - 2024-11-18 09:34 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1872#c6961 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > it's not totally clear what should happen if it's not used as last argument or what the "error" entails. The "should ... but may ..." wording allows two behaviours with one recommended over the other. So if it's not used as last argument, the error is required. What happens when errors are detected is described in CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS. Since there is no explicit mention of this particular error in that section on the xargs page, the default description in 1.4 Utility Description Defaults applies. This allows all of the behaviours you describe, making this a quality-of-implementation issue. If/when we make the error mandatory, that would be the time to consider tightening the allowed behaviour for this error, based on implementation behaviour(s) at the time. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2024-11-07 21:34 steffen New Issue 2024-11-07 21:34 steffen Name => steffen 2024-11-07 21:34 steffen Section => find 2024-11-07 21:34 steffen Page Number => 2946 2024-11-07 21:34 steffen Line Number => 98444 ff. 2024-11-07 21:38 steffen Note Added: 0006951 2024-11-08 01:40 steffen Note Added: 0006952 2024-11-08 01:42 steffen Note Edited: 0006952 2024-11-08 08:31 stephane Note Added: 0006953 2024-11-12 09:48 geoffclare Note Added: 0006954 2024-11-13 18:19 steffen Note Edited: 0006952 2024-11-14 17:03 geoffclare Note Added: 0006956 2024-11-14 17:04 geoffclare Interp Status => --- 2024-11-14 17:04 geoffclare Final Accepted Text => https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1872#c6956 2024-11-14 17:04 geoffclare Status New => Resolved 2024-11-14 17:04 geoffclare Resolution Open => Accepted As Marked 2024-11-14 17:05 geoffclare Tag Attached: tc1-2024 2024-11-14 17:08 geoffclare Note Edited: 0006956 2024-11-16 08:54 stephane Note Added: 0006957 2024-11-16 19:42 steffen Note Added: 0006958 2024-11-17 03:03 philip-guentherNote Added: 0006959 2024-11-17 08:17 stephane Note Added: 0006960 2024-11-17 08:21 stephane Note Edited: 0006960 2024-11-18 09:34 geoffclare Note Added: 0006961 ======================================================================
