Re: [PATCH] tail: only retry file open if --retry specifed

[Jim Meyering]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> * 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.
> * NEWS: Document the fix.
> ---
>  NEWS                     |  4 ++++
>  src/tail.c               |  2 +-
>  tests/tail-2/assert-2.sh |  2 +-
>  tests/tail-2/retry.sh    | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index d88fbd9..6dd6772 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".]
...

Oh! nice catch.
Looks all good.
Thank you!