Thanks, did I missed anything? [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ wget --quiet https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.tar.xz [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ cksum coreutils-8.29.tar.xz 926393761 5286588 coreutils-8.29.tar.xz [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ tar -xf coreutils-8.29.tar.xz [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ cd coreutils-8.29/ [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 coreutils-8.29]$ wget --quiet 'https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/7fc7206.patch' -O- | patch -R -p1 && make patching file NEWS Unreversed patch detected! Ignore -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file NEWS.rej patching file src/tail.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 1220. 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/tail.c.rej [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 coreutils-8.29]$
Thanks, Jewsco -----Original Message----- From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:p...@draigbrady.com] Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:47 PM To: Jewsco Pius Jacquez <jewscopius.jacq...@amdocs.com>; 31...@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#31184: tail -f on Network FS not refreshing as soon as the file is changed. On 02/05/18 06:39, Jewsco Pius Jacquez wrote: > I tried and the --follow=name doesn't refresh either. The stat output is > changing. > > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ tail --follow=name /media/samba/test.file > append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT > 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 > CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 > 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May > 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May > 2 08:35:55 CDT 2018 ^C > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ tail --follow=name /media/samba/test.file > append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT > 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 > CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 > 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May > 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May > 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 ^C > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ while :; do stat -c '%s' > /media/samba/test.file; sleep 1; done > 1649717 > 1650077 > 1650401 > 1650761 > 1651121 > 1651445 > 1651769 > 1652093 > 1652417 > > > About the reverting the patch, so I need to download the source and patch it? > > cd coreutils-8.29 && > wget 'https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/7fc7206.patch' -O- | > patch -R -p1 && > make You'd done that previously, for for completeness yes you need to download the source first like: wget https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.tar.xz tar -xf coreutils-8.29.tar.xz thanks, Pádraig This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer <https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer>