tail -f: handle "-"/stdin once again

* src/tail.c (main) [HAVE_INOTIFY]: When stdin (i.e., "-", or no args,
but not /dev/stdin) is specified on the command line, don't use inotify.
Reported by Bill Brelsford in <http://bugs.debian.org/545422>.
* tests/tail-2/follow-stdin: New file.  Test for this.
* tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add the test.
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it.
This bug was introduced in coreutils-7.5 via commit ae494d4b,
2009-06-02, "tail: use inotify if it is available".

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin b/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..46e7ce80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tail-2/follow-stdin
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# tail -f - would fail with the initial inotify implementation
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if test "$VERBOSE" = yes; then
+  set -x
+  tail --version
+fi
+
+. $srcdir/test-lib.sh
+
+echo line > exp || framework_failure
+echo line > in || framework_failure
+
+fail=0
+timeout 1 tail -f < in > out 2> err
+
+# tail from coreutils-7.5 would fail
+test $? = 124 || fail=1
+
+# Ensure there was no error output.
+test -s err && fail=1
+
+# Ensure there was
+compare out exp || fail=1
+
+Exit $fail