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25.0.50; Dired buffers are not always auto-reverterd

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mark Karpov <markkarpov <at> openmailbox.org>
Cc: 20943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20943: 25.0.50; Dired buffers are not always auto-reverterd
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 22:58:16 +0300

> From: Mark Karpov <markkarpov <at> openmailbox.org>
> Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:19:36 +0600
> 
> I'm using ‘global-auto-revert-mode’ setting variable
> ‘global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers’ to t, like this:
> 
>   (setq global-auto-revert-non-file-buffers t)
>   (global-auto-revert-mode                  1)
> 
> As far as I know, this is normal way to make Dired automatically
> redisplay its buffer when contents of target directory are
> changed. However, it doesn't always work. In some cases Dired buffer is
> updated just fine, but there are also times when changes in target
> directory don't cause redisplaying.
> 
> Is it a known problem? Can it be fixed? If it's a problem unique to my
> machine (I doubt it, though) I can give your more information.

Does it happen with some specific type of directories, like those
mounted in some special way?

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