From f04daf570b91286d47a80074cf4a6a63c4309dc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pádraig Brady Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:42:40 +0100 Subject: tail: -F now always processes initially untailable files which was not the case when inotify was not available. * src/tail.c (any_live_files): Simplify, since the IGNORE flag is now only set when a file should be ignored indefinitely. (recheck): Only output the "giving up on name" message when that's actually the case. Only set the IGNORE flag when ignoring a file indefinitely. (tail_file): Likewise. * tests/tail-2/retry.sh: Add a test case. Also run all existing test cases with and without inotify. NEWS: Mention the fix. THANKS.in: Add the reporter. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/24495 which was detected using Symbolic Execution techniques developed in the course of the SYMBIOSYS research project at COMSYS, RWTH Aachen University. --- NEWS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index beba7742e..c3554d0fe 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*- seq now immediately exits upon write errors. [This bug was present in "the beginning".] + tail -F now continues to process initially untailable files that are replaced + by a tailable file. This was handled correctly when inotify was available, + and is now handled correctly in all cases. + [bug introduced in fileutils-4.0h] + yes now handles short writes, rather than assuming all writes complete. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.24] -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2