bug#52372: closed (gash-utils & fzf conflict)

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regarding gash-utils & fzf conflict
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> gash-utils & fzf conflict
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> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:23:04 +0700
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> Hello,
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> Gash-utils causes fzf to fail.
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> After installing gash-utils, attempting `bash5.0$ fzf` produces:
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> [Command failed: set -o pipefail; command find -L . -mindepth 1 \( -path 
> '*/\.*' -o -fstype 'sysfs' -o -fstype 'devfs' -o -fstype 'devtmpfs' -o -fstype 
> 'proc' \) -prune -o -type f -print -o -type l -print 2> /dev/null | cut -b3-]
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> Uninstalling gash-utils removes the problem.
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> Best,
> Blake
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#52372: gash-utils & fzf conflict Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:14:12 +0100

Blake,

Command failed: […] command find

This isn't ‘really’ a bug: fzf invokes whichever find(1) executable happens to be in $PATH at run time, and reasonably expects it to support the POSIX ‘-L’ option.

It also willfully tries to hide any useful error messages:

2> /dev/null

…maybe that's what makes Rust so safe?

gash-utils doesn't implement find -L, so failure is to be expected. As you discovered the fix is as simple as uninstalling gash-utils, and possibly using it in a Guix environment if you really need it.

I don't think installing gash-utils globally into your main profile is a good idea!

Since find(1) is such a key requirement of fzf, it makes sense to treat it as a fixed input in this case and keep a reference to findutils' in a wrapper.

Done in commit 9bac41c2b8e7be5ab713402591ceeb32c635c214.

Thanks!

T G-R

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