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[Eric Desrochers <eric.desrochers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Upstream bug:
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bug #44078: Find fails if executed from a directory on which the user has no list permissions and exec is an option used[1]
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Fix:
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commit 7dc70069a3095a42eadb22b24cb9260c243aff8f
Author: James Youngman <jay@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Apr 10 17:15:01 2010 +0100

Exec predicates now store which directory they want to run in
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[1] http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44078
[2] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/findutils.git/commit/?id=34deb851d8

** Bug watch added: GNU Savannah Bug Tracker #44078
   http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44078

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347788

Title:
  find crashed when current working directory is not readable and -exec
  or -execdir used

Status in findutils package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  bug is similar to https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?15384 but for current
  directory (when it not readable or not executable)

  steps to reproduce

  DIR=`mktemp -d`
  cd $DIR
  mkdir -p 1/1 2
  cd 2
  find $DIR/1 -type d -exec echo {} \;
  find $DIR/1 -type d -execdir echo {} \;

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: findutils 4.4.2-7
  Uname: Linux 3.15.4-031504-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Wed Jul 23 20:17:19 2014
  Dependencies:
   gcc-4.9-base 4.9-20140406-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6
   libgcc1 1:4.9-20140406-0ubuntu1
   multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-24 (89 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  SourcePackage: findutils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Dependencies:
   gcc-4.9-base 4.9-20140406-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6
   libgcc1 1:4.9-20140406-0ubuntu1
   multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-24 (89 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  Package: findutils 4.4.2-7
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  Tags:  trusty
  Uname: Linux 3.15.4-031504-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  _MarkForUpload: True

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