coreutils/tests/tail-2/flush-initial, branch next Mirror of https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/coreutils.git/ https://git.shady.money/coreutils/atom?h=next 2009-09-07T20:52:30Z tests: tail-2/flush-initial should not rely on stdbuf 2009-09-07T20:52:30Z Pádraig Brady P@draigBrady.com 2009-09-07T16:03:08Z urn:sha1:fd9750b0ffb691d2ad97551eada5c2802df3c805 * tests/tail-2/flush-initial: stdbuf is not built on all systems. In any case it's redundant since stdout will automatically be buffered since we're redirecting to file. So just call tail without using stdbuf. tests: tail-2/flush-initial: correct race avoidance code 2009-09-06T18:00:34Z Jim Meyering meyering@redhat.com 2009-09-06T18:00:14Z urn:sha1:15f26e296b4948edc6c7d33fc1caa6cb50999364 * tests/tail-2/flush-initial: Wait for the file to be nonempty, not for the process. Based on a suggestion from Pádraig Brady. tail: flush initial output before possibly blocking 2009-09-06T07:40:43Z Jim Meyering meyering@redhat.com 2009-09-06T07:39:31Z urn:sha1:d54376db68adf655b5f09855442b2983fc2f4f3e * src/tail.c (main): Flush any output from tail_file, before calling tail_forever_inotify, which can block. * tests/tail-2/flush-initial: New file. Test for the bug. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add tail-2/flush-initial. * NEWS (Bug fixes): Mention it. This bug was introduced in coreutils-7.5 via commit ae494d4b, 2009-06-02, "tail: use inotify if it is available".