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[PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use notification

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Message #200 received at 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use
 notification
Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 22:46:15 +0200

4 maj 2019 kl. 22.31 skrev Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>:
> 
>> The second case is, that file notification for a remote file ceases to
>> work. Since Tramp implements file notification as asynchronous
>> processes, this could happen if the respective process is killed on the
>> remote side, or if the connection between the local Emacs and the remote
>> host is broken temporarily. The respective process shall own a sentinel,
>> which sends a "stopped" event in this case. I've just checked the code;
>> this is not implemented. Will do.
> 
> Implemented, pushed to master.

Nice, thank you! Does this mean that we can trust Tramp sufficiently in this respect? That is, notifiers will either fail to be created, fail with a 'stopped' event, or work.

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