tags 380091 wontfix upstream thanks Charles Fry wrote: > reopen 380091 > thanks > > I still don't buy this. :-) > > If -1 syntax is unsupported, that's one thing. It should whine about > -1. The problem is that -1 works just fine on a single file, but > breaks when a second file is added, which is just wrong. A valid > command line syntax should be valid regardless of the number of files > specified.
The upstream maintainer has stated that this syntax is obsolescent behavior and won't be fixed. If you want to tail multiple files with N then it must be 'tail -nN file1 file2...'. Feel free to take the discussion upstream to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for further discussion but I don't think it is appropriate for Debian to deviate from upstream on this. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
