Subject: Re: bug#27243: closed (Re: bug#27243: dired-auto-revert-buffer jumps point to beginning of buffer)

From: Stephen Berman <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 00:48:59 +0200

On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:55:41 -0400 Glenn Morris <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Also, the test dired-test-bug27243 fails intermittently.
> Eg http://hydra.nixos.org/build/56755248
> http://hydra.nixos.org/build/56731329
>
> It switches between passing and failing for no clear reason.

Hm, I didn't get a failure when testing this test.  It's too bad the
hydra log doesn't pinpoint where the failure occurs.  Could it be that
the noninteractive use of switch-to-buffer in the test (going proxy for
`C-x b' in the bug recipe) can sometimes mess with point in the test
environment?

Steve Berman