336225 – sys-apps/inotail removal request

Bug 336225 - sys-apps/inotail removal request

Summary: sys-apps/inotail removal request

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Christoph Mende (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2010-09-06 14:06 UTC by D. Danner
Modified:	2011-03-24 18:20 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description D. Danner 2010-09-06 14:06:55 UTC

Support for inotify in "tail -f" has been included in sys-apps/coreutils since version 7.5.

There's no older version than 7.5 in portage, therefore sys-apps/inotail should be considered obsolete and be removed.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester

2011-02-22 05:03:13 UTC

sigh, maintainer is not even on this bug report...

Comment 2 Christoph Mende (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-02-22 08:47:47 UTC

okies, masked.

Comment 3 Christoph Mende (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-03-24 18:20:30 UTC

and removed