[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
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