Re: GNU coding standards clash with POSIX for "... | tail -f"

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> This bug report is prompted by a defect report Geoff Clare recently
> sent to the Open Group about 'tail'
> <http://www.opengroup.org/sophocles/show_mail.tpl?source=L&listname=austin-review-l&id=2098>.
...
> I propose that we resolve this clash as follows.  This patch does
> things the POSIX way if POSIXLY_CORRECT, and the GNU way otherwise.
> I'm not a big fan of POSIXLY_CORRECT but I don't see any other way
> around it here.

You're welcome to change it whichever way seems best.
Thanks for dealing with that.