Bug#633505: manpages-dev: fts(3) has inaccurate description of physical vs. logical

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thanks

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 10:30:43PM +0100, James Youngman wrote:

Package: manpages-dev
Version: 3.27-1
Severity: minor


The descriptions of the effects of FTS_LOGICAL and FTS_PHISICAL in the
subsection entitled fts_open() are correct.  But the DESCRIPTION
section is incorrect.  It says:

  It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (ignoring symbolic
  links) or physically (visiting symbolic links), order the walk of
  the hierarchy or prune and/or revisit portions of the hierarchy.

This is not accurate.  Symbolic links are never ignored.  Here is a
clearer description:

  It is possible to walk the hierarchy "logically" (visiting the files
  that symbolic links point to, like "find -L") or "physically"
  (visiting the symbolic links themselves instead, like "find -P") ,
  order the walk of the hierarchy or prune and/or revisit portions of
  the hierarchy.

 
Thanks for the report James, confirmed by test, patch a bit modified and
forwarded upstream.

-- 
Simon Paillard