From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 04:02:25 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Document AIX 7.3 find exec + bug
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Document AIX 7.3 find exec + bug

* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Usual Tools):
Document AIX 7.3 bug with exit status of ‘find ... -exec ... +’.
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diff --git a/doc/autoconf.texi b/doc/autoconf.texi
index 07794561e..8dffd02c1 100644
--- a/doc/autoconf.texi
+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
@@ -19358,6 +19358,13 @@ $ @kbd{find . -name foo -exec echo '@{@}-@{@}' \;}
 while GNU @command{find} reports @samp{./foo-./foo}.
 POSIX allows either behavior.
 
+AIX 7.3 @samp{find ... -exec @var{command} +} incorrectly fails if
+@var{command} is not executed.  For example, @samp{find . -name '*.tmp'
+-exec rm @{@} +} incorrectly outputs a diagnostic and fails if no file
+names end in @samp{.tmp}.  To work around this problem you can use a
+circumlocution like @samp{find . -name '*.tmp' -exec rm -f @{@} + -o
+-exec true ';'}.
+
 @anchor{grep}
 @item @command{grep}
 @c -----------------