GNU bug report logs - #33556
27.0.50; Error rasied with global-auto-revert-mode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Malcolm Purvis <malcolm <at> purvis.id.au>

Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Malcolm Purvis <malcolm <at> purvis.id.au>
Cc: 33556 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33556: 27.0.50; Error rasied with global-auto-revert-mode
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 12:09:06 +0100

Malcolm Purvis <malcolm <at> purvis.id.au> writes:

Hi Malcolm.

> Running the latest version of master emacs for the last few weeks has
> been producing the following error when I enable global-auto-revert-mode:
>
> Error running timer ‘auto-revert-buffers’: (wrong-type-argument
>                                             file-notify--watch nil)
>
> I see that autorevert.el was last change on Nov 4, which is about the
> time I started seeing this error.

Indeed, the error seems to be introduced with that commit.

I've pushed a fix to the master, adding an additional check. Could you
pls test whether this fixes the error?

> Malcolm

Thanks for the report, and best regards, Michael.

Best regards, Michael.
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