RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated [experimental]: findutils-4.3.0-1

[Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Dave Korn wrote:

> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Eric Blake wrote:
> >
> >>> Ok, thanks!  BTW, is /0444 also new?  Didn't it use to be +0444?
> >>
> >> Yes.  Actually, -perm +0444 still does the same as -perm /444,
> >> (as it is an extension to POSIX), but -perm +a+r does not
> >> behave like -perm /a+r (POSIX requires -perm +a+r to behave
> >> the same as -perm 444, not -perm /444).
> >>
> >> Or you could reread the manual:
> >
> > Umm, yeah.  Looks like either the manpage needs to be updated (or my
> > ingrained Unix reflex to go to the manpage instead of the info file is
> > badly out of date).  If only we had a better info reader...
>
>   Well, if you really reckon the manpage reader is so much better than the
> info reader that you'd usually rather read man pages, you can read an info
> file with that same manpage-retro-look-and-feel by ...
>
>    info <topic> | less

Nope -- no highlighting, no synopsis, no examples...  Ouch!

>  >> Shoot - did I just give a valid technical reply on the -talk list?  I
> >> just hope no hippos fall on me tonight!
> >
> > Well, technically, hippos don't fall -- they get dropped...
> > Who-o-o-osh...  *SPLAT*!
> > 	Igor
>
>   I'm starting to think some of them are jumping ...

Considering the amount of traffic they generate on this list, they'd
better... :-)
	Igor
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