GNU bug report logs - #29259
tail does not seek to the end of block device

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: David Durham <daviddurham01 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, David Durham <daviddurham01 <at> gmail.com>,  29259 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29259: tail does not seek to the end of block device
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:03:06 -0800

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On 12/11/17 22:21, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/11/17 21:52, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> Why doesn't lseek work for this?
> 
> Good call, it probably would.
> Something like the following is more acceptable
> since it adds very little complexity:

Full patch attached with tests.

cheers,
Pádraig


[tail-end-of-device.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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