GNU bug report logs - #13149
24.3.50; Emacs thinks file was changed outside Emacs, but it was not

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Dmitry Gutov <raaahh <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 13149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13149: 24.3.50; Emacs thinks file was changed outside Emacs, but it was not
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:57:29 -0800

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On 01/15/2013 03:44 PM, Dmitry Gutov wrote:
> Maybe it's a sign of my system slowly falling apart.

It does sound like a fairly serious issue of some sort.
I did think of a patch (attached) but I'd rather not
apply it if the system in question is merely experimental,
since it introduces a race even on non-buggy systems.


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