Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better -- and thank you also for the upstream bug reference, it does help.
On the upstream bug Jim states this was ficed on coreutils 8.6; it is possible this (or a newer) version will be available for Natty (current development release; I will check on what Debian currently has, and request a merge if needed. Marking Triaged/Low. ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700958 Title: tail -f gives misleading error message when inotify limit is reached -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs