tail -f (2.0a) dumps core with directory argument

[Jerry Peek]

Hi.  I'm using a Red Hat Linux 6.2 system.  When I give "tail -f"
an argument that's a directory, it dumps core:

$ tail --version
tail (GNU textutils) 2.0a
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Meyering.

Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

$ uname -a
Linux jpeek.com 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 21:07:39 EST 2000 i686 unknown

$ tail -f .
tail: .: Is a directory
tail: tail.c:718: recheck: Assertion `valid_file_spec (f)' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)


--Jerry Peek
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