[debbugs-tracker] bug#34173: closed (Tail File System Error on overlayfs)

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regarding Tail File System Error on overlayfs
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> Tail File System Error on overlayfs
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> I'm using a Docker environment which has a rootfs mounted using the
> "overlay" filesystem on Linux kernel 4.4.0-141-generic (Ubuntu 16.04) on
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> Inside the Docker environment I tried the usual "tail follow" command:
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>   tail -f /var/log/nginx/error.log
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> This spat out the error message:
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> ==> /var/log/nginx/error.log <==
> tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for
> '/var/log/nginx/error.log'. please report this to address@hidden
> reverting to polling
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> And it seemed to work OK after that.
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> On 1/22/19 9:03 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > tail: unrecognized file system type 0x794c7630 for
> > '/var/log/nginx/error.log'. please report this to address@hidden
> > reverting to polling
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> Thank you for the report.
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> This has been fixed in coreutils version 8.25 - meaning you
> are likely using an older version.
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> For more details, see here:
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/filesystems.html
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> Have a nice day,
> Berny
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