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-rw-r--r--src/tail.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index 8783bfdd1..a9d532d83 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -876,7 +876,9 @@ parse_obsolescent_option (int argc, const char *const *argv,
if (argc < 2)
return 0;
- if ( ! (p[0] == '+' || (p[0] == '-' && ISDIGIT (p[1]))) )
+ /* If P starts with `+', `-N' (where N is a digit), or `-l',
+ then it is obsolescent. Return zero otherwise. */
+ if ( ! (p[0] == '+' || (p[0] == '-' && (p[1] == 'l' || ISDIGIT (p[1])))) )
return 0;
if (*p == '+')