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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:05:18 +0000
From: William Blunn <bill--cygwin AT tao-group DOT com>
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Subject: findutils regression between versions 4.2.27-1 and 4.3.1-3
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I have a DVD-R disk on to which I have recorded a hierarchy of 
directories and files.

I then put the DVD-R into a DVD drive, and change directory to the top 
level of the DVD drive.

If I run "find -noleaf -type d" over this DVD-R using findutils 4.3.1-3, 
it does NOT find all the files.

If I run "find -noleaf -type d" over this DVD-R using findutils 
4.2.27-1, it DOES find all the files.

In the failing case, it misses out entire directories.

The directory structure on the disk is like this

  builds/
    20060201.1234/
      (various files)
      linux/
        (various files)
      win32/
        (various files)
    20060301.1245/
      (various files)
      linux/
        (various files)
      win32/
        (various files)
    20060401.1256/
      (various files)
      linux/
        (various files)
      win32/
        (various files)
    20060501.1207/
      (various files)
      linux/
        (various files)
      win32/
        (various files)

In the failing case, we do not see any files from any of the four 
"win32" directories.

The older version (4.2.27-1) works just fine and finds all of the files.

This find operation is part of a larger procedure which I have iterated 
over many many times for months and months (probably years) without problem.

What has happened is that, following a Cygwin update, I suddenly started 
to experience problems.

The problem smelled like a "find" problem, so I tried to the older 
version and, lo, the problem goes away with the older version.

Regards,

Bill
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