1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/find.c b/findutils/find.c
index 53d8239c7..5d5e24bfb 100644
--- a/findutils/find.c
+++ b/findutils/find.c
@@ -1291,9 +1291,27 @@ int find_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int find_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 {
         int i, firstopt, status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+        char **past_HLP, *saved;
 
         INIT_G();
 
+        /* "find -type f" + getopt("+HLP") => disaster.
+         * Need to avoid getopt running into a non-HLP option.
+         * Do this by temporarily storing NULL there:
+         */
+        past_HLP = argv;
+        for (;;) {
+                saved = *++past_HLP;
+                if (!saved)
+                        break;
+                if (saved[0] != '-')
+                        break;
+                if (!saved[1])
+                        break; /* it is "-" */
+                if ((saved+1)[strspn(saved+1, "HLP")] != '\0')
+                        break;
+        }
+        *past_HLP = NULL;
         /* "+": stop on first non-option */
         i = getopt32(argv, "+HLP");
         if (i & (1<<0))
@@ -1301,7 +1319,8 @@ int find_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (i & (1<<1))
                 G.recurse_flags |= ACTION_FOLLOWLINKS | ACTION_DANGLING_OK;
         /* -P is default and is ignored */
-        argv += optind;
+        argv = past_HLP; /* same result as "argv += optind;" */
+        *past_HLP = saved;
 
         for (firstopt = 0; argv[firstopt]; firstopt++) {
                 if (argv[firstopt][0] == '-')