GNU bug report logs - #21435
25.0.50; file-notify has problems after renames

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

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

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tsdh <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#21435: 25.0.50; file-notify has problems after renames
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:13:23 +0200

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

Hi Eli,

>> However, as said I have extended the test case a little bit. There are
>> now set-file-times and set-file-modes calls, which shall result in
>> attribute-changed events. And those events shall be suppressed, because
>> we start file notifications with (file-notify-add-watch ... '(change) ...)
>> 
>> How does w32notify report attribute changes?
>
> As documented: it returns 'modified'.

Hmm. So it does not distinguish between "contents changed" and
"attribute changed", as the other backends do.

What a pity! We must document it then.

Best regards, Michael.
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