From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:53:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: "tail" now handles obscure POSIX 1003.2-1992 cases better.
X-Git-Tag: v5.3.0~702
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"tail" now handles obscure POSIX 1003.2-1992 cases better.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 185897d221..6b2151ce8c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
 
   "tail -f" no longer mishandles pipes and fifos.  With no operands,
   tail now ignores -f if standard input is a pipe, as POSIX requires.
+  When conforming to POSIX 1003.2-1992, tail now handles some obscure
+  cases more correctly, e.g., "tail +cl file" now reads the file "+cl"
+  rather than reporting an error, and "tail - file" no longer reads
+  standard input.
 
   tee now exits when it gets a SIGPIPE signal, as POSIX requires.
   To get tee's old behavior, use the shell command "(trap '' PIPE; tee)".