tail -c 2 FILE now operates as POSIX 1002.1-2001 requires.

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@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   tac now works when stdin is a tty, even on non-Linux systems
 
+  "tail -c 2 FILE" now operates as POSIX 1003.1-2001 requires, even
+  when "tail" is conforming to older POSIX standards, as the
+  newly-mandated behavior is upward-compatible with the old.
+
 ** Build-related bug fixes
 
   installing .mo files would fail