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Fix bug #45585: unclear description of -newerXY in manual page.

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* find/find.1 (-newerXY): Use the clearer wording from the Texinfo
documentation.
* NEWS: Mention this bugfix.
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@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes. -*- outline -*- (allout)
* Major changes in release 4.5.15-git, 2014-MM-DD
** Bug Fixes
#45585: unclear description of -newerXY in manual page.
#45090: oldfind incorrectly omits test/..test (or any file whose name
begins with ..).

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@ -673,20 +673,10 @@ option is in effect, the
modification time of the file it points to is always used.
.IP "\-newerXY \fIreference\fR"
Compares the timestamp of the current file with \fIreference\fR.
The
.I reference
argument is normally the name of a file (and one of its timestamps is
used for the comparison) but it may also be a string describing an
absolute time.
.I X
and
.I Y
are placeholders for other letters, and these letters select which
time belonging to
how
.I reference
is used for the comparison.
Succeeds if timestamp \fIX\fR of the file being considered is newer
than timestamp \fIY\fR of the file \fIreference\fR. The letters
\fIX\fR and \fIY\fR can be any of the following letters:
.TS
ll
ll