GNU bug report logs - #23276
25.0.92; Crash in auto-revert when file no longer present

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.92

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 23276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 23276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, andlind <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#23276: 25.0.92;
 Crash in auto-revert when file no longer present
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:35:17 +0200

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

> It should have a comment explaining why errors are being ignored.

OK.

> And I still am not convinced that deleting a file under auto-revert
> shouldn't erase its buffer.  Otherwise, it sounds like just
> half-auto-revert to me.

What if we simply disable auto-revert-mode in this case? The user sees
that the lighter "ARev" has been removed, and she knows that things have
changed.

> Would we keep the buffer non-empty if the file existed but was empty?

Yes.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.
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