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[bug #46305] Doing "find -L . -type d -delete" fails on symlinks to dire


From: raf
Subject: [bug #46305] Doing "find -L . -type d -delete" fails on symlinks to directories.
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 18:59:33 -0500 (EST)

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #46305 (project findutils):

[comment #8 comment #8:]
> You bring up great points.
> 
> I'd welcome a new, separate command-line option for a symlink-following
delete, and the documentation change stating that -L is used during traversal
only.

The patch I submitted that fixes this bug includes updated documentation on
what -L does and doesn't do. So that doesn't have to wait until someone
decides to implement a new command line option for symlink-following
deletions.


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