Public bug reported:
Yet another rust coreutils incompatibility.
tail -f name
where name is a symbolic link, will not do any updating as the file is
extending. It just sits there showing the original content and no more.
GNU tail does what is expected and intended.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.10
Package: rust-coreutils 0.12.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.3.0-9.9-generic 7.3.0-rc6
Uname: Linux 7.3.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.36.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Tue Oct 27 11:36:23 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-05-21 (159 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64 (20260423)
SourcePackage: rust-coreutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to stonking on 2026-10-27 (0 days ago)
** Affects: rust-coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug stonking wayland-session
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tail -f in rust-coreutils fails to update when following a symlink
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