Bug#281646: [Logcheck-devel] Bug#281646: bug in logtail regarding command line options

[maks attems]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, john at interflora.com.au wrote:

> I note that the -f switch is no longer in brackets on the man page, 
> indicating that the author of the man page believes this switch to be 
> mandatory.  In previous versions, this switch was optional.  I suspect that 
> the man page was wrong, and now the utility has been reimplemented to match 
> the man page, thus breaking scripts which previously worked.

i misread you in my previous reply.
no the manpage changed later, when the switch got used as mandatory.
previous version had no switch at all, but required the user to
respect the order of args. like:
logtail path_logfile path_offsetfile

anyway your request triggered a cleanup of the logtail manpage,
whose formation was not perfect.

we will also add an news item warning users that the call logic changed.
thanks for your bug report.
maks