GNU bug report logs - #18958
25.0.50; auto-revert-mode reacts slowly even if using an event-driven backend

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 19:02:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 18958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 18958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, dima <at> secretsauce.net
Subject: Re: bug#18958: 25.0.50;
 auto-revert-mode reacts slowly even if using an event-driven backend
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 17:57:47 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:53:03 +0100
> Cc: 18958-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> glib is said to use also polling for file systems where you don't have
> native file notification support. This would make it superior to inotify
> for mounted filesystems, and alike.

The native Windows port of glib either crashes or simply doesn't
generate notifications when file notifications are requested.
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