GNU bug report logs - #60215
tail -c +XX on newer coreutils wants FILE

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm <at> maven.pl>

Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 09:31:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 60215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz <arekm <at> maven.pl>
To: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>, 60215 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60215: tail -c +XX on newer coreutils wants FILE
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 13:42:52 +0100

On 20.12.2022 13:07, Chris Elvidge wrote:

> 
> Works OK here. -c [+]13 includes the trailing newline (see hexdump below)

Version here is built via ./configure DEFAULT_POSIX2_VERSION=199209 and 
that changes behaviour.

Dropping it makes things work as expected. Thanks.

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Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )
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