Fixed in Gutsy.
An error message is not shown and when using a file it seems to read out the
first byte.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ tail -c 3 < /dev/null
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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tail -c 1 <file> doesn't work
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/47797
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