check the stop channel while waiting on inotify

fixes http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=95718#c3

tail.go

@@ -146,10 +146,8 @@ func (tail *Tail) tailFileSync(end bool, retry bool) {
 					changes = tail.watcher.ChangeEvents()
 				}
 
-				//log.Println("WAITING ", tail.Filename)
+				select {
-				_, ok := <-changes
+				case _, ok := <-changes:
-				//log.Println("RECEIVED ", tail.Filename)
-
 					if !ok {
 						// file got deleted/renamed
 						if retry {
@@ -165,11 +163,16 @@ func (tail *Tail) tailFileSync(end bool, retry bool) {
 							return
 						}
 					}
+				case <-tail.stop:
+					// stop the tailer if requested.
+					// FIXME: respect DRY (see below)
+					return
+				}
+
 			}
 		}
 
 		// stop the tailer if requested.
-		// FIXME: won't happen promptly; http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=95718#c3
 		select {
 		case <-tail.stop:
 			return