Re: master 82ccc3a: ; Mention the previous change in NEWS

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:26:48 +0300
> 
> >    *** Commands that use 'grep-find' now follow symlinks for command-line 
> > args.
> 
>                              ^grep-find-template, right?
> 
> >    This is because the default value of 'grep-find-template' now includes
> >    the 'find' option '-H'.  Commands that use that variable, including
> >    indirectly via a call to 'xref-matches-in-directory', will be
> >    affected.  In particular, there should be no need anymore to ensure
> >    any directory names on the 'find' command lines end in a slash.
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> >    However, the change is likely to affect only old versions of non-GNU
> >    'find'.
> 
> Not exactly: the change (as described above) will affect all versions 
> everywhere.
> 
> What is special about "old versions of non-GNU 'find'", is that the 
> previous scheme (ensuring directory names end in a slash) created 
> problems when used together with them.
> 
> We might also want to mention macOS specifically, otherwise the change 
> sounds a bit ridiculous (why do we go out of the way to be compatible 
> with ancient versions of 'find'?)

So what change do you propose to the last sentence?