From 5c81574ed52d294a58617c9bb8b86fb0caa1f71e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 17:19:51 +0000 Subject: tail now ignores the -f option if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, no file operand is given, and standard input is any FIFO. --- NEWS | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ffe7fcb05..73cdea3e9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- now fails without removing anything. Likewise for any file name with a final `./' or `../' component. + tail now ignores the -f option if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, no file + operand is given, and standard input is any FIFO; formerly it did + this only for pipes. + ** Infrastructure changes Coreutils now uses gnulib via the gnulib-tool script. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2