GNU bug report logs - #27968
26.0.50; dired-revert: Saved positions might change if a dired header changes

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Message #8 received at 27968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: stephen.berman <at> gmx.net, 27968 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27968: 26.0.50;
 dired-revert: Saved positions might change if a dired header changes
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 16:15:27 +0300

> From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 22:01:34 +0900
> Cc: stephen berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
> 
> Dired headers also changes; if you add/deleted some files,
> the used space shown changes: that will mess up the saved
> buffer positions if the length of the header is different.
> 
> This problem causes dired-test-bug27243-01 to fail in hydra.
> 
> One possible solution is the patch below.  It saves line numbers
> instead of positions.  Line numbers won't change if a dired header
> changes its length.

Won't using markers be a better solution?

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