2 files changed, 9 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/Config.in b/coreutils/Config.in
index 54bdc6868..90f681c04 100644
--- a/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -420,11 +420,12 @@ config CONFIG_TAIL
           from files.
 
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
-        bool "  Enable extra tail options (-c, -q, -s, and -v)"
+        bool "  Enable extra tail options (-q, -s, and -v)"
         default y
         depends on CONFIG_TAIL
         help
-          Enable tail options (-c, -q, -s, and -v).
+          The options (-q, -s, and -v) are provided by GNU tail, but
+          are not specific in the SUSv3 standard.
 
 config CONFIG_TEE
         bool "tee"
diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c
index 10b5cd7a7..d588ccdd1 100644
--- a/coreutils/tail.c
+++ b/coreutils/tail.c
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ static ssize_t tail_read(int fd, char *buf, size_t count)
 }
 
 static const char tail_opts[] =
-        "fn:"
+        "fn:c:"
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
-        "c:qs:v"
+        "qs:v"
 #endif
         ;
 
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
         int from_top = 0;
         int follow = 0;
         int header_threshhold = 1;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
         int count_bytes = 0;
-#endif
 
         char *tailbuf;
         size_t tailbufsize;
@@ -132,11 +130,9 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         case 'f':
                                 follow = 1;
                                 break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
                         case 'c':
                                 count_bytes = 1;
                                 /* FALLS THROUGH */
-#endif
                         case 'n':
                         GET_COUNT:
                                 count = bb_xgetlarg10_sfx(optarg, tail_suffixes);
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
         }
 
         tailbufsize = BUFSIZ;
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
+
         /* tail the files */
         if (from_top < count_bytes) {   /* Each is 0 or 1, so true iff 0 < 1. */
                 /* Hence, !from_top && count_bytes */
@@ -209,7 +205,7 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         tailbufsize = count + BUFSIZ;
                 }
         }
-#endif
+
         buf = tailbuf = xmalloc(tailbufsize);
 
         fmt = header_fmt + 1;   /* Skip header leading newline on first output. */
@@ -237,13 +233,10 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                         if (from_top) {
                                 nwrite = nread;
                                 if (seen < count) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
                                         if (count_bytes) {
                                                 nwrite -= (count - seen);
                                                 seen = count;
-                                        } else
-#endif
-                                        {
+                                        } else {
                                                 s = buf;
                                                 do {
                                                         --nwrite;
@@ -255,16 +248,13 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                 }
                                 tail_xbb_full_write(buf + nread - nwrite, nwrite);
                         } else if (count) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_TAIL
                                 if (count_bytes) {
                                         taillen += nread;
                                         if (taillen > count) {
                                                 memmove(tailbuf, tailbuf + taillen - count, count);
                                                 taillen = count;
                                         }
-                                } else
-#endif
-                                {
+                                } else {
                                         int k = nread;
                                         int nbuf = 0;