Description of problem:
tail +<number> file no longer works

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-5.93-4
tail (GNU coreutils) 5.93

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. tail +5 /etc/protocols
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
tail: cannot open `+5' for reading: No such file or directory
==> /etc/protocols <==
crdup   127     CRUDP           # Combat Radio User Datagram
sscopmce        128     SSCOPMCE
(...)

Expected results:
lines beginning from line 5


Additional info:
One can use 

  tail -n +5 /file

as a workaround.

However, this ("tail +5" not working) breaks many existing scripts, such as the 
Sun j2re-1.4.2 installer. "tail +2" appears to work on other platforms as well 
(like Irix). 

At least coreutils-5.93-2 broken as well,
but tail from coreutils-5.2.1-56 works.