Re: Patch to fix data loss with `tail -F'

[Jim Meyering]

Jos Backus <address@hidden> wrote:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?6612
>
> Please let me know if you see any issues with this change; I'd like to see it
> adopted for the next coreutils release.

Thank you!
That looks like a useful patch.
Can you write a small stand-alone script or outline a
simple procedure for demonstrating the failure?

I'd like to check in a test for the failure along with the fix.