GNU bug report logs - #768
23.0.60; vc-bzr.el re-reads metadata files in an endless loop

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Message #24 received at 768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 768 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Torsten Bronger <bronger <at> physik.rwth-aachen.de>
Subject: Re: bug#768: 23.0.60;
	vc-bzr.el re-reads metadata files in an endless loop
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:24:54 +0200

Torsten Bronger <bronger <at> physik.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> I think I know what happens: I set (auto-revert-check-vc-info t)
> which probably means that Emacs re-reads VC metadata every five
> seconds.  However, it is questionable whether this makes sense for
> remote files through Tramp.

I think special-casing the action of that variable for tramp files
sounds non-optimal.  If your files are too slow to be read in that way,
then you shouldn't switch that on, but Emacs has no way of determining
that.

So I don't think this is a bug, and I'm closing the report.

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