On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> wrote: > * src/tail.c (tail_file): On failure to open a file, > set ignore=true when --retry is not specified. > * tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh: Adjust to the new behavior. > * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. > * NEWS: Document the fix. > --- > NEWS | 4 ++++ > src/tail.c | 2 +- > tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh | 2 +- > tests/tail-2/retry.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS > index d88fbd9..6dd6772 100644 > --- a/NEWS > +++ b/NEWS > @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- > outline -*- > Previously truncation was ignored thus not outputting new data in the file. > [bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0] > > + tail -f will no longer continually try to open inaccessible files, > + only doing so if --retry is specified. > + [This bug was present in "the beginning".] ...
Oh! nice catch. Looks all good. Thank you!
