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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #119 received at 21435 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#21435: 25.0.50; file-notify has problems after renames
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:11:48 +0200

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

>> >> 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.
>
> Indeed, it doesn't.

I've committed a patch, which reflects this in file-notify-tests.el. And
I've added also a note about to the manual.

Could you, pls, check?

Best regards, Michael.
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