tac: mimic GNU on handling special files such as /dev/zero

Open FidelSch opened this issue 2 weeks ago • 2 comments

Fixes #9591

Also adds test to avoid regression.

Dec 09 '25 19:12 FidelSch

GNU testsuite comparison:

Skip an intermittent issue tests/tail/overlay-headers (fails in this run but passes in the 'main' branch)

Dec 09 '25 19:12 github-actions[bot]

GNU testsuite comparison:

Skipping an intermittent issue tests/tail/overlay-headers (passes in this run but fails in the 'main' branch)

Dec 10 '25 13:12 github-actions[bot]

Seems to be failing because of 32-bit targets running out of memory, now limiting to 64-bit

Dec 18 '25 18:12 FidelSch

GNU testsuite comparison:

Congrats! The gnu test tests/tail/inotify-dir-recreate is now passing!

Dec 18 '25 18:12 github-actions[bot]