I agree. The dependency that "dangling_symlinks" has on "follow => 1" is not reflected in the man page.
"dangling_symlinks" If true and a code reference, will be called with the symbolic link name and the directory it lives in as arguments. Otherwise, if true and warnings are on, warning "symbolic_link_name is a dangling symbolic link\n" will be issued. If false, the dangling symbolic link will be silently ignored. Code such as this would not work: find({ wanted => sub { print $File::Find::name . "\n"; }, dangling_symlinks => sub { print "dangling: " . $File::Find::name . "\n"; }, }, qw(dir_to_search)); but this would: find({ wanted => sub { print $File::Find::name . "\n"; }, dangling_symlinks => sub { print "dangling: " . $File::Find::name . "\n"; }, follow => 1, }, qw(dir_to_search)); Perhaps the documentation could be changed to something like: "dangling_symlinks" If true and a code reference and "follow => 1", will be called with the symbolic link name and the directory it lives in as arguments. Otherwise, if true and warnings are on, warning "symbolic_link_name is a dangling symbolic link\n" will be issued. If false, the dangling symbolic link will be silently ignored. On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Joachim Breitner <nome...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: perl-modules > Version: 5.10.1-13 > Severity: normal > File: /usr/share/perl/5.10.1/File/Find.pm > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > when using the find method of File::Find, it seems that the > dangling_symlink callback is only called if follow => 1. This is not > reflected in the manpage, and there are valid use cases for follow =>0 > and dangling_symlinks. > > Greetings, > Joachim > > - -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages perl-modules depends on: > ii perl 5.10.1-13 Larry Wall's Practical > Extraction > > perl-modules recommends no packages. > > perl-modules suggests no packages. > > - -- no debconf information > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxVdAgACgkQ9ijrk0dDIGwYzACfRp8fS/1MTeH7ABJzPMYJc8Zr > o5YAn0heXyl0ZpyIwTcnFrA9bd3XACdN > =sPxt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- Jeremiah Mahler jmmah...@gmail.com