I opted for a more conservative approach by applying this additional patch also:
2007-12-04 James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* find/find.c (safely_chdir): When O_NOFOLLOW is available, fall
through to using safely_chdir_lstat only when
safely_chdir_nofollow returns SafeChdirFailDestUnreadable.
---
find/find.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/find/find.c b/find/find.c
index 6a3976a..1688cf7 100644
--- a/find/find.c
+++ b/find/find.c
@@ -882,8 +882,18 @@ safely_chdir(const char *dest,
{
result = safely_chdir_nofollow(dest, direction, statbuf_dest,
symlink_follow_option, did_stat);
- if (SafeChdirOK == result)
- return result;
+ if (SafeChdirFailDestUnreadable != result)
+ {
+ return result;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Savannah bug #15384: fall through to use safely_chdir_lstat
+ * if the directory is not readable.
+ */
+ /* Do nothing. */
+ }
+
}
/* Even if O_NOFOLLOW is available, we may need to use the alternative
* method, since parent of the start point may be executable but not
--
1.5.3.6
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