[PATCH 2/4] [find] "-perm +a+x" is no longer accepted even with POSIXLY_CORRECT unset.
James Youngman <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:00:35 +0000
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs,gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.patches |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
* find/find.1 (STANDARDS CONFORMANCE): Unsetting POSIXLY_CORRECT no longer causes find to accept -perm +a+x. --- find/find.1 | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1 index 1d75de0d..ad9d0486 100644 --- a/find/find.1 +++ b/find/find.1 @@ -2058,11 +2058,13 @@ take the relevant time from the symbolic link; see the HISTORY section below. .IP \fB\-perm\fR -Supported. If the +Supported. Unsetting .B POSIXLY_CORRECT -environment variable is not set, -some mode arguments (for example +a+x) which are not valid in POSIX -are supported for backward-compatibility. +environment variable no longer allows the legacy +.B +mode +variant of +.B /mode +to be accepted. .IP "Other primaries" The primaries -- 2.39.5