Remove option: --max-consecutive-size-changes=N.

Doesn't seem useful.
(usage): Remove description.

diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index b3441a1dc6d45db51b90d88a6ef418ae565bb0fc..d63b3576f6228cdaf5e74d36ab0001ac729b0ec2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@ static struct option const long_options[] =
   {"follow", optional_argument, NULL, LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION},
   {"lines", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
   {"max-unchanged-stats", required_argument, NULL, MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION},
-  {"max-consecutive-size-changes", required_argument, NULL,
-   MAX_CONSECUTIVE_SIZE_CHANGES_OPTION},
   {"pid", required_argument, NULL, PID_OPTION},
   {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
   {"retry", no_argument, NULL, RETRY_OPTION},
@@ -253,12 +251,6 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
                              -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\
                              equivalent\n\
   -n, --lines=N            output the last N lines, instead of the last %d\n\
-      --max-consecutive-size-changes=N\n\
-                           with --follow=name, reopen a FILE after N\n\
-                             (default %d) consecutive size changes to see if\n\
-                             it has been unlinked or renamed\n\
-                             (this is the unusual case where a log file\n\
-                             continues to be written to after rotation)\n\
       --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
                            with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
                              changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\
@@ -290,8 +282,7 @@ recreated by some other program.\n\
 \n\
 "),
              DEFAULT_N_LINES, DEFAULT_N_LINES,
-             DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS,
-             DEFAULT_MAX_N_CONSECUTIVE_SIZE_CHANGES
+             DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
              );
       puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-textutils@gnu.org>."));
     }
@@ -1426,18 +1417,6 @@ parse_options (int argc, char **argv,
            }
          break;
 
-       case MAX_CONSECUTIVE_SIZE_CHANGES_OPTION:
-         /* --max-consecutive-size-changes=N */
-         if (xstrtoul (optarg, NULL, 10,
-                       &max_n_consecutive_size_changes_between_opens, "")
-             != LONGINT_OK)
-           {
-             error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
-                  _("%s: invalid maximum number of consecutive size changes"),
-                    optarg);
-           }
-         break;
-
        case PID_OPTION:
          {
            strtol_error s_err;