FYI, Karl sent me this nice patch:
Thanks again, Karl.
>From ac9c5330dff20a505a0b38fa635b3b9646b0e70e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Berry
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 09:45:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: README-hacking clarifications
* README-hacking: Small getting-started clarifications.
---
While "inotify" is specific to the linux kernel, it is
widespread enough that it's worth mentioning some of the effect
it has on tail -f:
>From acbfebeb8d22a87b76fae32d8d9bf0473e178fdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 16:09:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: desc
FYI, (thanks to the nixos/hydra autobuilder for the quick alert)
>From 0a8d30534b4285eec464a684694c0f0dc3810f1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 20:03:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] maint: avoid trivial syntax-check failure
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Use
On 23/05/11 18:31, Jim Meyering wrote:
> While "inotify" is specific to the linux kernel, it is
> widespread enough that it's worth mentioning some of the effect
> it has on tail -f:
>
>>From acbfebeb8d22a87b76fae32d8d9bf0473e178fdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jim Meyering
> Date: Mon, 23 Ma
Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: describe how kernel inotify support affects tail -f
>>
>> * doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation) [-f]: Mention how inotify
>> kernel support makes a difference.
>> Prompted by http://bugzilla.redhat.com/662900
>> ---
>> doc/coreutils.texi |5 ++
