GNU bug report logs - #21432
25.0.50; file-notify-rm-watch (inotify) errors if watched dir is deleted

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Message #20 received at 21432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21432 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#21432: 25.0.50;
 file-notify-rm-watch (inotify) errors if watched dir is deleted
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 18:01:18 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> I don't have a strong opinion about what the right behavior would be but
>> at least it seems inconsistent that you get the error only with deleted
>> directories.
>
> There is no "right" behavior.  What you see is what the back-end
> reports to us.  If we want Emacs to be smarter, it's the job of the
> application, not of filenotify.el.

Well, filenotify.el shall abstract from the different back-ends. Being
quite when the native rm-watch fails seems to be appropriate.

Best regards, Michael.

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