Mail Archives: cygwin/2006/12/06/19:23:45
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A new release of findutils, 4.3.2-3, is available, replacing 4.3.2-2 as
current.
NEWS:
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This is a minor patch release, fixing find -L as well as find on relative
paths (4.3.2-2 only worked on absolute paths with -P). I apologize for
the inconvenience caused to anyone unlucky enough to get -2 in the short
window of time it was available. Although this release is still marked
beta upstream, it has proven to be more reliable than the stable 4.2.x
series on cygwin (at least, when I don't botch things with cygwin-specific
patches :). As a beta release, it adds new optimization features that
might be withdrawn depending on feedback received. If you encounter a bug
with /bin/find, you should also try /bin/oldfind to see if the bug is
dependent on the different file traversal algorithm. Upstream news since
is available in /usr/share/doc/findutils-4.3.2/.
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:
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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:
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Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (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:
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If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is
the appropriate place.
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Eric Blake
volunteer cygwin findutils maintainer
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