"tail -c 2 FILE" now operates as POSIX 1003.1-2001 requires.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4f4822d89c5dbab3585ea43391d4928ddf648b31..2ff3ab132ebe5d15252005c8ef33c337aded0024 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-2005-10-31  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+2005-11-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
        * Version 6.0-cvs.
 
+       * NEWS: tail -c 2 FILE now operates as POSIX 1002.1-2001 requires.
+       * src/tail.c (parse_obsolete_option): Implement this.
+       Problem reported by Vincent Lefevre.
+       * tests/tail/Test.pm (c-2, c-2-minus, c2, c2-minus): New tests.
+       (test_vector): Add special cases for _POSIX2_VERSION, and
+       regularize the old ones a bit.
+
+2005-10-31  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
        * src/dd.c (skip): Fix off-by-one error reported by
        Theodoros V. Kalamatianos.
 

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index ba64a5edb1170eca07a8c7f6a2dd9fee79238541..7eec6ebb3f168ce76d8e5e40f2712b76af346619 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-11-01  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+       * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Describe obsolete usages
+       like "tail -2" more precisely.
+
 2005-08-28  David Madore  <david.madore@ens.fr>
 
        * coreutils.texi: Document SHA-1 and SHA-2 utilities.

diff --git a/tests/tail/Makefile.am b/tests/tail/Makefile.am
index f2e95897fd63ea3f4c28cd2ad25ab5377a855be0..0cb354b92002a4409461d57f43c750748a4246b6 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/tail/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/tail/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ obs-plus-l5.X obs-1.I obs-1.X obs-2.I obs-2.X obs-3.I obs-3.X obs-plus-4.I \
 obs-plus-4.X obs-plus-5.I obs-plus-5.X obs-plus-x1.I obs-plus-x1.X \
 obs-plus-x2.I obs-plus-x2.X obs-l.I obs-l.X obs-b.I obs-b.X err-1.I err-1.X \
 err-2.I err-2.X err-3.I err-3.X err-4.I err-4.X err-5.I err-5.X err-6.I \
-err-6.X minus-1.I minus-1.X minus-2.I minus-2.X n-1.I n-1.X n-2.I n-2.X n-3.I \
+err-6.X minus-1.I minus-1.X minus-2.I minus-2.X c-2.I c-2.X c-2-minus.I \
+c-2-minus.X c2.I c2.X c2-minus.I c2-minus.X n-1.I n-1.X n-2.I n-2.X n-3.I \
 n-3.X n-4.I n-4.X n-4a.I n-4a.X n-5.I n-5.X n-5a.I n-5a.X n-5b.I n-5b.X f-1.I \
 f-1.X
 run_gen = obs-plus-c1.O obs-plus-c1.E obs-plus-c2.O obs-plus-c2.E obs-c3.O \
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ obs-plus-l5.E obs-1.O obs-1.E obs-2.O obs-2.E obs-3.O obs-3.E obs-plus-4.O \
 obs-plus-4.E obs-plus-5.O obs-plus-5.E obs-plus-x1.O obs-plus-x1.E \
 obs-plus-x2.O obs-plus-x2.E obs-l.O obs-l.E obs-b.O obs-b.E err-1.O err-1.E \
 err-2.O err-2.E err-3.O err-3.E err-4.O err-4.E err-5.O err-5.E err-6.O \
-err-6.E minus-1.O minus-1.E minus-2.O minus-2.E n-1.O n-1.E n-2.O n-2.E n-3.O \
+err-6.E minus-1.O minus-1.E minus-2.O minus-2.E c-2.O c-2.E c-2-minus.O \
+c-2-minus.E c2.O c2.E c2-minus.O c2-minus.E n-1.O n-1.E n-2.O n-2.E n-3.O \
 n-3.E n-4.O n-4.E n-4a.O n-4a.E n-5.O n-5.E n-5a.O n-5a.E n-5b.O n-5b.E f-1.O \
 f-1.E
 ##test-files-end