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NEWS: enhance description about the -mount change

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* NEWS (Changes in find): Clarify better what is the difference between
the -mount and -xdev options including an example.  Also move the
topic to the top of the section due to its importance.
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Bernhard Voelker 2026-01-01 20:25:56 +01:00
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@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes. -*- outline -*- (allout)
** Changes in find ** Changes in find
As announced since the release of 4.7.0 (2019) and mandated by POSIX 2024,
the behaviour of the -mount option changed: while it was a mere alias for
the -xdev option to prevent descending into directories of another device,
the -mount option now makes find(1) ignore files on another device, i.e.,
'find -mount' will skip the entry of active mount points already.
Example, assuming the PROC filesystem is mounted on '/proc':
$ find / -mount -path /proc -print
$ find / -xdev -path /proc -print
/proc
[#54745]
The actions -execdir and -okdir now refuse the '{}' replacement in the zeroth The actions -execdir and -okdir now refuse the '{}' replacement in the zeroth
argument of the command to be run. While POSIX allows this for -exec, this is argument of the command to be run. While POSIX allows this for -exec, this is
deemed insecure as an attacker could influence which files could be found. deemed insecure as an attacker could influence which files could be found.
@ -28,9 +39,6 @@ GNU findutils NEWS - User visible changes. -*- outline -*- (allout)
are passed with a leading dash, e.g. '-!'. Future releases will not accept are passed with a leading dash, e.g. '-!'. Future releases will not accept
that any more. Accepting that was rather a bug "since the beginning". that any more. Accepting that was rather a bug "since the beginning".
The -mount option is now POSIX 2024 compliant. Find will ignore files on
different devices as opposed to being a mere alias for -xdev. [#54745]
** Documentation Changes ** Documentation Changes
The forthcoming Issue 8 of the POSIX standard will standardise "find The forthcoming Issue 8 of the POSIX standard will standardise "find