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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-12-30 11:16:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2009-12-30 11:22:55 +0100 |
| commit | d3a4bc86cd989ad7262545ae7e49868a2d1b59d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 97ffca5daf6d7d68ed067fb3a2639ed74ecd9c03 | |
| parent | fe062d563a09481162f5c11b154d047331708b7f (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-d3a4bc86cd989ad7262545ae7e49868a2d1b59d4.tar.xz | |
doc: mention two tail -F bug fixes in NEWS
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Two tail -F fixes.
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@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- files that was not done from the local system would go unnoticed. [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5] + tail -F (inotify-enabled) would abort when a tailed file is repeated + renamed-aside and then recreated. + [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5] + + tail -F (inotify-enabled) could fail to follow renamed files. + E.g., given a "tail -F a b" process, running "mv a b" would + make tail stop tracking additions to "b". + [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5] + touch -a once again guarantees that a file's change time is adjusted, working around a bug in current Linux kernels. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.1] |