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| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/control | 13 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 21f54ec..3e10222 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ inotail (0.5-2) unstable; urgency=low + * Adjust description so it doesn't imply coreutils tail not supporting + inotify (closes: #561141). * Minimize rules file by using the dh command sequencer. * Include ${misc:Depends} into Depends in control. * Replace obsolete dh_clean -k with dh_prep in rules. @@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ inotail (0.5-2) unstable; urgency=low * Add Vcs-Git and Vcs-Browser control fields. * Change maintainer email address. - -- Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:56:39 +0100 + -- Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:30:48 +0100 inotail (0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control index a95e48c..939b439 100644 --- a/debian/control +++ b/debian/control @@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ Package: inotail Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: tail replacement using inotify - inotail is a replacement for the 'tail' program found in the base installation - of every Linux/UNIX system. It makes use of the inotify infrastructure in - recent versions of the Linux kernel to speed up tailing files in the follow - mode (the '-f' option). Standard tail polls the file every second by default - while inotail listens to special events sent by the kernel through the inotify - API to determine whether a file needs to be reread. + inotail is a replacement for the 'tail' program which is used to output the + last portions of a file. It makes use of the inotify infrastructure in recent + versions of the Linux kernel to speed up tailing files in the follow + mode (the '-f' option). Ancient versions of tail poll the file every second by + default while inotail (and tail from the GNU coreutils as of version 7.5) + listens to special events sent by the kernel through the inotify API to + determine whether a file needs to be reread. |