Re: tail "-f" option fails two ways in version 5.93

[Paul Eggert]

I installed the following documentation change to try to make the
behavior clearer.

2005-11-16  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>

        * coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Say that the obsolete form
        uses exactly one option and at most one file.

--- coreutils.texi.~1.295.~     2005-11-16 13:38:10.000000000 -0800
+++ coreutils.texi      2005-11-16 14:40:17.000000000 -0800
@@ -2552,7 +2552,8 @@ Always print file name headers.
 For compatibility @command{tail} also supports an obsolete usage
 @samp{tail address@hidden address@hidden, which is recognized
 only if it does not conflict with the usage described
-above.  @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally
+above.  This obsolete form uses exactly one option and at most one
+file.  In the option, @var{count} is an optional decimal number optionally
 followed by a size letter (@samp{b}, @samp{c}, @samp{l}) to mean count
 by 512-byte blocks, bytes, or lines, optionally followed by @samp{f}
 which has the same meaning as @option{-f}.