Re: [Findutils-patches] [bug #37683] -inum doesn't work on ext4 file systems with find 4.5.10

[James Youngman]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Bernhard Voelker
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> [please CC me, as I'm not subscribed]
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> BTW: Why is the latest version on ftp.gnu.org still 4.4.2
> (3.5 years old) while distros already use newer versions?



The short answer is that the 4.5.x code has release-blocking bugs:

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils&func=browse&set=custom&msort=0&assigned_to[]=0&resolution_id[]=0&severity[]=0&status_id[]=1&vote[]=&date[]=&date_op[]==&advsrch=0&msort=0&chunksz=50&spamscore=5&report_id=206&sumORdet=&morder=bug_id%3C&order=severity#results