[Logcheck-devel] Bug#453309: logtail ignores the -o (offset file) option

[Heiko Schlittermann]

Hello,

Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (Di 05 Feb 2008 22:55:16 CET):
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 12:26:22PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> > Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de> (Di 05 Feb 2008 11:46:15 CET):
> > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 04:05:53PM +0100, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
> > > > The logtail utility fails in using some alternative offset file
...
> 
> > .. as documented. I think last time I supposed it should work that way
> > too:
> > 
> >     logtail -o <OFFSET> <LOGFILE>	    # doesn't work (doesn't fit
> > 					      to manpage)
> 
> That does not look like a bug to me then. Is the error message helpful?

There was no error message. It just works as w/o "-o <OFFSET>". This I'd
consider a bug at least.

> >     logtail <LOGFILE>			    # works (but doesn't fit to manpage)
> > 					    # but of course, no
> > 					    # alternative offset file
> 
> That might be a historically sourced backwards compatibility, which is
> not documented on purpose.
> 
> I do not see a bug in the package, the documented call works fine.
> Whether the documentation needs to be changed would be Martin's last
> call, he will comment in due time.

True, not the "binary" is buggy but the docs. But for this reason I still
insist on seeing abug in logtail*deb ;)

And - enhancing both - the docs and the "binary" shouldn't harm too
much. And (at least from my POV) it gives more consistent behaviour of
the logtail tool.

-- 
Heiko
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