GNU bug report logs - #20417
25.0.50; frequent crashes with global-auto-revert-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:19:02 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 #11 received at 20417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 20417 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>
Subject: Re: 25.0.50; frequent crashes with global-auto-revert-mode
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:14:19 -0600

>> Perhaps one approach would be to not use the glib file-polling code.

Paul> That sounds like it may be the best way forward, at least in the short
Paul> run.  If you configure --with-file-notification=inotify does the
Paul> problem go away for you? That is, does the attached patch work for
Paul> you?

I rebuilt with --with-file-notification=inotify, but that did not work
very well.  I started getting this over and over:

Error while trying to read file system events

E.g. I did M-x list-packages and that message started appearing with
some regularity.

I've rebuilt with --with-file-notification=no, but it's too soon to see
how well it works.

Tom
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