GNU bug report logs - #35418
[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #152 received at 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Zhang Haijun <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>
Cc: "35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use
 notification
Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 14:28:18 +0200

Zhang Haijun <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com> writes:

> I haven’t run the test before.

autorevert-tests run successfuly on my FreeBSD 10.2 system, with
unmodified Emacs sources from master.

> It seems that directory watching
> doesn’t work for file content only change. But it works for many
> common use cases while file watching doesn’t work.

We apply directory watching wherever possible. kqueue has its
restrictions here.


Best regards, Michael.
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