Subject: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it

From: Assaf Gordon <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 17:09:15 -0600

Hi Bernhard,

On 19/10/18 04:56 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> On 10/19/18 10:48 PM, Martin Schulte wrote:
> 
> The '-a FILE' primary is supported since "the beginning", and even the
> POSIX spec mentions this unlucky thing:
[...]
> I don't think we can remove that primary without breaking some scripts,
> so it's probably best to document it.
> The attached, proposed patch add documentation both in the man and
> texinfo format.
> 
> Comments?
> 

I just noticed this old bug:
https://bugs.gnu.org/15278

Where Eric notes that coreutils' unary -a is incorrect under some very 
specific circumstances - perhaps it's worth mentioning that as well
(unless someone wants to fix it, though it's been 5 years...)

-assaf