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25.0.92; Crash in auto-revert when file no longer present

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Message #67 received at 23276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: John Mastro <john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com>
Cc: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 andlind <at> gmail.com, 23276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23276: 25.0.92;
 Crash in auto-revert when file no longer present
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:26:07 +0200

John Mastro <john.b.mastro <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Speaking purely as a user, I think a case can be made that it really is
> different. We could say:
>
>     If the file exists, auto-revert updates the buffer based on its
>     (possibly empty) contents. If the file no longer exists, then there
>     is nothing for auto-revert to do, so it does not modify the buffer.

I have added this to the Commentary section of autorevert.el. Will be
pushed to the master branch next days.

Best regards, Michael.

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