From 4d45722d1160a04e4d26fd812da4e0140ad3550c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 19:28:23 +0000
Subject: 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.
---
 NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d88fbd9d4..6dd6772db 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".]
+
   yes now handles short writes, rather than assuming all writes complete.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.24]
 
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