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

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Message #47 received at 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mattiase <at> acm.org, 35418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35418: [PATCH] Don't poll auto-revert files that use
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 12:23:39 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi Eli,

>> One alternative approach could be to analyze the file system device
>> number, as returned by `file-attributes'. By this, we could detect
>> mounted file systems.
>
> Only on Posix systems, right?

Don't know. I haven't used the device number ever myself. And in Tramp,
I set it to a virtual value which is distinct from values used for local
file systems, or from values from other remote connections, w/o any
further checking.

Best regards, Michael.

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