More backward-compatibility fixes for "tail".

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-2004-09-22  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+2004-09-23  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * Version 5.3.0.
 
+       * src/tail.c (parse_obsolete_option): Bring back support
+       for obsolete option followed by non-obsolete, or by more
+       than one file.  When obsolete, conform to SUSv2 rather than
+       original POSIX 1003.2-1992, as SUSv2 corrected the case of
+       "tail -c".  Add support for the SUSv2 "b" modifier.
+       * NEWS: Mention the above.
+
+2004-09-22  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
+
        * Use automake-1.9.2.  Regenerate dependent files.
 
        * src/remove.c (struct dirstack_state) [current_arg_jumpbuf]: