GNU bug report logs - #18336
24.4.50; When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:19:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 24.4.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #65 received at 18336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
 18336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18336: 24.4.50;
 When editing externally changed file, Emacs asks too many questions
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 07:20:04 -0500
David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Mount options?  Time stamp granularity?
>
> The file system I encountered this initially on is
>
> /dev/sda7 on /usr/local type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard,data=ordered)
>
> and my /tmp file system where I also saw this is
>
> /dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard)

Aha, this seems to be the key.  I ran my initial experiment in ~/tmp,
which is mounted with relatime

    /dev/sda9 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)

When I do the same on /tmp, which is mounted noatime I see the extra
"<file> changed on disk; really edit the buffer?" question on C-x C-s.

    /dev/sda8 on /tmp type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)




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