GNU bug report logs - #75946
[PATCH] Avoid infinite questions if TAGS file was removed

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Message #8 received at 75946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 75946 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75946: [PATCH] Avoid infinite questions if TAGS file was
 removed
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:37:34 +0200

> From: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:16:13 +0300
> 
> When the visited TAGS file was removed, commands that depend on TAGS
> such as auto-completion may invoke an interactive question whether a
> user wants to re-read the file.  From that point on, the question will
> be asked over and over, because the file no longer exists, which
> results in mtime mismatch and inability to "fix the mismatch" by
> reading from the file.  Fix that by simply ignoring the mismatch if
> the file no longer exists.

Thanks, but can you please show a recipe, starting from "emacs -Q",
which could be used to reproduce this problem?

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