Bug#798180: ack-grep: should not strip leading "./" from filenames

[Axel Beckert]

Control: tag -1 + upstream
Control: found -1 2.15.01-1
Control: found -1 ack/2.15.01-2

Hi Jakub,

Jakub Wilk wrote:
> When ack prints filenames, it strips leading "./". This is harmful
> when you pass these filenames to another program, because a filename
> starting with "--" might be interpreted as an option:

I'll forward it to upstream, but I wouldn't wonder if that will be a
wontfix from upstream, as ack is primarily intended for human use (and
not scripting) and there stripping is probably rather a feature and
not a bug.

> $ ls
> --interactive=.html
> $ ack -f --html --print0 ./ | xargs -0 rm -f
> rm: invalid argument ‘.html’ for ‘--interactive’

What about using this?

$ ack -f --html --print0 ./ | xargs -0 rm -f --

		Regards, Axel
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