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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2016-11-09 19:28:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2016-11-10 12:43:42 +0000 |
| commit | 4d45722d1160a04e4d26fd812da4e0140ad3550c (patch) | |
| tree | 7262a438a66980918a438e6103563c54b80bfbf0 /NEWS | |
| parent | 659060233ff2cff324be5cf4cc40b782068d45fd (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-4d45722d1160a04e4d26fd812da4e0140ad3550c.tar.xz | |
tail: only retry file open if --retry specifed
* 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. Also change
from `tail ... && fail=1` to the more robust `returns_ 1 ...`
construct which detects segfaults etc.
* NEWS: Document the fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -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".] + yes now handles short writes, rather than assuming all writes complete. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.24] |