On 11/08/2016 06:47 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] tail: terminate when following pipes and untailable non pipes > > * src/tail.c (ignore_pipe_or_fifo): Mark the descriptor as -1 > for pipes so that any_live_files() detects correctly that > the entry is no longer live. > * tests/tail-2/pipe-f.sh: Add a test case. > Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24903 which was detected > using Symbolic Execution techniques developed in > the course of the SYMBIOSYS research project at > COMSYS, RWTH Aachen University.
The patch looks good, yet I think it warrants a NEWS entry. Thanks & have a nice day, Berny
