Updated: findutils-4.5.8-1

Updated: findutils-4.5.8-1

[Eric Blake (cygwin)]

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A new release of findutils, 4.5.8-1, is available, leaving 4.5.5-1 as
previous.

NEWS:
=====
This is a new upstream release.  Upstream news is attached.  See also
/usr/share/doc/findutils/.

DESCRIPTION:
============
The findutils package contains programs which will help you locate files
on your system.  The find utility searches through a hierarchy of
directories looking for files which match a certain set of criteria
(such as a filename pattern).  The xargs utility builds and executes
command lines from standard input arguments (usually lists of file names
generated by the find command).  The locate utility scans a database of
filenames and displays matches.  The updatedb utility builds the
database for locate.

UPDATE:
=======
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system. Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up
'findutils' from the 'Base' category (it should already be selected).

DOWNLOAD:
=========
Note that downloads from sourceware.org (aka cygwin.com) aren't allowed
due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need to find a
mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you:
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html

QUESTIONS:
==========
If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is
the appropriate place.

-- 
Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer

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* Major changes in release 4.5.8, 2010-04-07

** Bug Fixes

#29460: -printf %Y fails in $CWD-dependent way

#27974: Use gnulib's xreadlinkat support

#29435: fd_is_cloexec does not work on Fedora buildhosts

#27221: symlink_loop check broken by FTS_CWDFD

#27213: avoid failed assertions for non-executable directories.

** Translations

Updated Vietnamese, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Russian translations.

* Major changes in release 4.5.7, 2010-04-03

** Performance changes

If you use the -fstype FOO predicate and specify a filsystem type FOO
which is not known (e.g. present in /etc/mtab) at the time find
starts, that predicate is now equivalent to -false.  This substitution
currently occurs at optimisation level 2 and above.

** Translations

Copyright headers in the translation files have been updated.  Some
additional messages have been marked for translation.  However, there
have not been any changes to translation text.  The main purpose of
this release is to provide a base for updated translations.

* Major changes in release 4.5.6b, 2010-03-30

This is a replacement release for 4.5.6, which is not available by FTP
since it contains Makefiles which are vulnerable to CVE-2009-4029.

* Major changes in release 4.5.6, 2010-03-30

** Functional Enhancements to find

patch #4848: Patch - Support for SELinux

** Bug Fixes

#29089: SELinux --context and %Z options

#28872: Mistake in "#safer" example in "Problems with -exec and
        filenames" section of the Texinfo manual.

#28824: Corrected error message for "-ctime x".
        Likewise for -gid, -inum, -links, -mmin, -cmin, -amin,
        -uid, -used, -atime, -mtime, -ctime.

#27975: Infinite loop for -exec [..] {} +.

#27846: Assertion failure in xargs.c on AIX.

#27375: Open file descriptors leak into child processes.

#27017: find -D opt / -fstype ext3 -print , -quit coredumps

#27328: segfault if the initial exec for "find -exec" fails.

#27017: find -D opt / -fstype ext3 -print , -quit coredumps.

#26868: compilation error in pred.c on Solaris x86_64

#24873: Duplicate fprint option corrupts output

#23920: warn about un-matchable -path arguments ending in /.

#19120: Patch to fix single quotes in man page find(1)

** Documentation Changes

#26327: xargs man page is vague about the number of times command is executed.