Package: findutils Version: 4.8.0-1 Severity: minor X-Debbugs-Cc: ch...@roaima.co.uk
Dear Maintainer, The man page for "find" starts the reference definition "-delete" as, Delete files; true if removal succeeded. The upstream GNU documentation at https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Delete-Files.html states, Delete files or directories; true if removal succeeded. The missing two words "or directories" are important and should be included in the man page. Otherwise the implication is that `-delete` can only delete files, and not directories. GNU saying that it only supports its info system and that man pages are incomplete is one thing. Having an out-of-date or misleading man page is another. Please consider amending the documentation (man page) for "-delete" so that it is closer to, or the same as, the GNU original. Thanks -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.2 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-10-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages findutils depends on: ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u2 ii libselinux1 3.1-3 findutils recommends no packages. Versions of packages findutils suggests: ii mlocate 0.26-5 -- no debconf information