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    Problem Report Number 0912
    Submitter's Classification Test Suite problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Problem Resolution ID TSD.X.0427
    Raised 1970-01-01 08:00
    Updated 2003-03-13 08:00
    Published 1995-09-09 08:00
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V2 (UNIX 95)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC version 4.1.4
    Test Identification POSIX.cmd/find 50 51
    Problem Summary TSD4C.00082 This test may fail on all implementations. It improperly assumes -name * will not match filenames with a leading dot character.
    Problem Text
    This test may fail on all implementations. It improperly assumes
    -name * will not match filenames with a leading dot character.

    The test suite is erronenously testing an assertion that is not
    derived from the standard upon close reading.

    find tests 50 and 51 disallow the matching of filenames starting
    with a period character when using the -name * option of the file
    command. The problem here is that historical find commands
    always did match names starting with a '.' and XCU4 doesn't
    explicitely state that this behaviour has changed. VSC4 is
    requiring a backward incompatibility which isn't really required
    by the standard (it's a matter of interpretation).

    The probable explanation for this is that the developers assumed
    section 2.13.3, Patterns Used for Filename Expansion, applied to
    the find command. But Section 2.13.3 only applies during
    filename expansion. Find is not doing filename expansion; it is
    simply matching selected finemanes a pattern. Therefore, section
    2.13.3 does not apply.

    pasc-1003.2-126 has reaffirmed this viewpoint.
    Test Output
    200|1 1 09:48:11|TP Start
    520|1 1 21984 1 1|Assertion #50 (A): Test name pattern against GA227
    520|1 1 21984 1 1|Standard output isn't empty
    520|1 1 21984 1 2|Contents of out.stdout:
    520|1 1 21984 1 3|find_dir_50/.X
    520|1 1 21984 1 4|Standard output isn't empty
    520|1 1 21984 1 5|Contents of out.stdout:
    520|1 1 21984 1 6|find_dir_50/.X
    220|1 1 1 09:48:15|FAIL

    200|4 1 09:48:36|TP Start
    520|4 1 22271 1 1|Assertion #51 (A): Test name pattern against GA228
    520|4 1 22271 1 1|Standard output isn't empty
    520|4 1 22271 1 2|Contents of out.stdout:
    520|4 1 22271 1 3|find_dir_51/.X
    520|4 1 22271 1 4|Standard output isn't empty
    520|4 1 22271 1 5|Contents of out.stdout:
    520|4 1 22271 1 6|find_dir_51/.X
    520|4 1 22271 1 7|Standard output isn't empty
    520|4 1 22271 1 8|Contents of out.stdout:
    520|4 1 22271 1 9|find_dir_51/.X
    220|4 1 1 09:48:41|FAIL

    Review Information

    Review Type TSMA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Recommendation No Resolution Given
    Review Response
    We agree this is a test suite deficiency in the test
    suite version(s) listed.

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Test Suite Deficiency (TSD)
    Review Conclusion
    This is an agreed Test Suite Deficiency.

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