[bug #20871] regression in oldfind when $PWD is inaccessible

[Eric Blake]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?20871>

                 Summary: regression in oldfind when $PWD is inaccessible
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: ericb
            Submitted on: Wednesday 08/22/2007 at 12:19
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: In Progress
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: ericb
         Originator Name: Eric Blake
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.3.3
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

As discovered in bug #15384:

oldfind dies with assertion failure when invoked in a directory that has been
rendered inaccessible, as of this patch:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/findutils/find/find.c?root=findutils&r1=1.110&r2=1.111

$ mkdir /tmp/a/b
$ cd /tmp/a/b
$ chmod a-rx /tmp/a
$ oldfind
assertion "starting_desc >= 0" failed: file
"/home/eblake/findutils-4.3.8-1/src/findutils-4.3.8/find/find.c", line 201





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