> First off: Ubuntu/Debian do not ship "patched version of the GNU findutils
> package [...] based on release 4.6.0".
OK. When I do "apt-get source findutils" I get a "findutils_4.6.0+git+20170828-2.debian.tar.xz"
file that does include two patches, but neither of them seems to be relevant to this issue.
The "findutils_4.6.0+git+20170828.orig.tar.xz" file I get from the same apt-get command
unpacks to a "findutils-4.7.0-gitfindutils-4.7.0-git" directory.
I just built findutils revision febde26dd0e66dda5d4060fa29b85443ddc6a865 from source, and
the resulting "find" command does print "find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git" when invoked with
"--version". So it seems to be an upstream issue. "info findutils", which loads
/usr/share/info/find.info.gz, also reports version 4.7.0-git.
Whatever the cause, I suggest that "4.7.0-git" is misleading, since release 4.7.0 did not
yet exist.
I could submit a bug report against the upstream findutils component. Should I do so?
(To be clear, I'm not saying this is a major, or even necessarily significant, problem.)
> First off: Ubuntu/Debian do not ship "patched version of the GNU findutils
> package [...] based on release 4.6.0".
OK. When I do "apt-get source findutils" I get a "findutils_ 4.6.0+git+ 20170828- 2.debian. tar.xz"
file that does include two patches, but neither of them seems to be relevant to this issue.
The "findutils_ 4.6.0+git+ 20170828. orig.tar. xz" file I get from the same apt-get command 4.7.0-gitfindut ils-4.7. 0-git" directory.
unpacks to a "findutils-
I just built findutils revision febde26dd0e66dd a5d4060fa29b854 43ddc6a865 from source, and info/find. info.gz, also reports version 4.7.0-git.
the resulting "find" command does print "find (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git" when invoked with
"--version". So it seems to be an upstream issue. "info findutils", which loads
/usr/share/
Whatever the cause, I suggest that "4.7.0-git" is misleading, since release 4.7.0 did not
yet exist.
I could submit a bug report against the upstream findutils component. Should I do so?
(To be clear, I'm not saying this is a major, or even necessarily significant, problem.)