Re: How should one report a problem in a GNU utility?

[Paul Eggert]

> From: address@hidden (Jon Hitchcock)
> Date: 23 Oct 2001 07:15:18 -0700
> 
> I discovered a problem in the mkdir utility in Red Hat 7.0, and sent a
> message (see copy below) to address@hidden (as suggested by the
> --help option).

That's the right place to send it.

> I received no reply or acknowledgement, so I do not know if anyone
> received it.

The bug that you refer to has been fixed in the latest official
fileutils version (version 4.1, dated May 2001).  Perhaps that's why
you didn't get a reply from the maintainer.

> Also, what is the significance of the 4.0x version number in the Red
> Hat binary?

4.0x is an experimental version of fileutils dated July 2000.  See:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/