Bug#561688: ITP: turbotail -- drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files

[Faidon Liambotis <paravoid@debian.org>]

Christian Dietrich wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Christian Dietrich <stettberger@dokucode.de>
> 
> 
> * Package name    : turbotail
>   Version         : 0.3
>   Upstream Author : Folkert van Heusden <folkert@vanheusden.com>
> * URL             : http://www.vanheusden.com/turbotail/
> * License         : GPL
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files
> 
> turbotail provides almost all command line options as the normal tail
> from coreutils, but when following files with -f, it doesn't poll the
> file every second, but uses FAM to get informed about changes at the
> file.
The above is incorrect; tail in coreutils >= 7.5 uses inotify and hence
doesn't poll needlessly. Even if the package is still needed for some
reason (e.g. non-linux ports), your description should be adjusted.

Regards,
Faidon