From adafa2fdd91f7cdcdf9f238ea8ee47c9624c5de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 23:56:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tail: add debug info

---
 util/gnu-patches/series                       |  1 +
 .../tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch          | 49 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch

diff --git a/util/gnu-patches/series b/util/gnu-patches/series
index 5fb1398cd..451fe99da 100644
--- a/util/gnu-patches/series
+++ b/util/gnu-patches/series
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ tests_tsort.patch
 tests_du_move_dir_while_traversing.patch
 test_mkdir_restorecon.patch
 error_msg_uniq.diff
+tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
diff --git a/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch b/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..205401294
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/gnu-patches/tests_tail_overlay_headers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+--- gnu.orig/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh	2025-12-07 23:20:20.566198669 +0100
++++ gnu/tests/tail/overlay-headers.sh	2025-12-07 23:20:20.570198688 +0100
+@@ -56,26 +56,39 @@
+
+ kill -0 $pid || fail=1
+
+-# Wait for 5 initial lines
+-retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 5 || fail=1
++# Wait for 5 initial lines (2 headers + 2 content lines + 1 blank)
++retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 5 || { echo "Failed waiting for initial 5 lines"; fail=1; }
++
++echo "=== After initial wait, line count: $(countlines_) ==="
++echo "=== Initial output: ===" && cat out && echo "=== End initial output ==="
+
+ # Suspend tail so single read() caters for multiple inotify events
+-kill -STOP $pid || fail=1
++kill -STOP $pid || { echo "Failed to STOP tail process"; fail=1; }
+
+ # Interleave writes to files to generate overlapping inotify events
+ echo line >> file1 || framework_failure_
+ echo line >> file2 || framework_failure_
+ echo line >> file1 || framework_failure_
+ echo line >> file2 || framework_failure_
++echo "=== Files written, resuming tail ==="
+
+ # Resume tail processing
+-kill -CONT $pid || fail=1
++kill -CONT $pid || { echo "Failed to CONT tail process"; fail=1; }
+
+-# Wait for 8 more lines
+-retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 13 || fail=1
++# Wait for 8 more lines (should total 13)
++retry_delay_ wait4lines_ .1 6 13 || { echo "Failed waiting for 13 total lines"; fail=1; }
+
+ kill $sleep && wait || framework_failure_
+
+-test "$(countlines_)" = 13 || fail=1
++final_count=$(countlines_)
++echo "=== Final line count: $final_count (expected 13) ==="
++
++if test "$final_count" != 13; then
++  echo "=== FAILURE: Expected 13 lines, got $final_count ==="
++  echo "=== Full output content: ==="
++  cat -A out
++  echo "=== End output content ==="
++  fail=1
++fi
+
+ Exit $fail