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gash-utils & fzf conflict

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Blake Shaw <blake <at> nonconstructivism.com>
Subject: bug#52372: closed (Re: bug#52372: gash-utils & fzf conflict)
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 17:34:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#52372: gash-utils & fzf conflict

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 52372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Blake Shaw <blake <at> nonconstructivism.com>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, 52372-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52372: gash-utils & fzf conflict
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:14:12 +0100

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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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From: Blake Shaw <blake <at> nonconstructivism.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: gash-utils & fzf conflict
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:23:04 +0700

Hello,

Gash-utils causes fzf to fail.

After installing gash-utils, attempting `bash5.0$ fzf` produces:
```
[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-]
```

Uninstalling gash-utils removes the problem.

Best,
Blake

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