doc: mention two tail -F bug fixes in NEWS
authorJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:16:23 +0000 (11:16 +0100)
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:22:55 +0000 (11:22 +0100)
* NEWS (Bug fixes): Two tail -F fixes.

NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6128e3f..dd2ad6d 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   files that was not done from the local system would go unnoticed.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
 
+  tail -F (inotify-enabled) would abort when a tailed file is repeated
+  renamed-aside and then recreated.
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
+
+  tail -F (inotify-enabled) could fail to follow renamed files.
+  E.g., given a "tail -F a b" process, running "mv a b" would
+  make tail stop tracking additions to "b".
+  [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
+
   touch -a once again guarantees that a file's change time is
   adjusted, working around a bug in current Linux kernels.
   [bug introduced in coreutils-8.1]