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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: zhanghj <ccsmile2008@outlook.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 65904@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:18:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h6nqwrz1.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OS3P286MB21998FF23B531D7D14F8211EA8FBA@OS3P286MB2199.JPNP286.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (zhanghj's message of "Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:08:46 +0800")

zhanghj <ccsmile2008@outlook.com> writes:

Hi,

> I tried your patch on GNU/Linux. It works as you said(the same as in
> Emacs 26/27 now). I will try it on macOS later.

Thanks for the check. On macOS, inotify isn't used, so the change
wouldn't work.

> I have added some debug message and see that without this patch, the
> `filenotiy' also watch the file but `autorevert.el` can't receives
> events for the test file. After applying the patch, it can receive
> events for the test file. It seems that the patch is not harmful. Can
> you apply it in Emacs 29?

As said, there is the idea to support symlinked files/directories in
general. Once this is implemented, the proposed change for inotify will
be installed.

> Thanks.

Best regards, Michael.





      reply	other threads:[~2023-09-19  7:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-13  3:55 bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory Zhang Haijun
2023-09-13 12:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-13 13:12   ` zhanghj
2023-09-13 13:28     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-13 13:33   ` Michael Albinus
2023-09-13 14:16     ` zhanghj
2023-09-14 11:58       ` Michael Albinus
2023-09-18 21:08         ` zhanghj
2023-09-19  7:18           ` Michael Albinus [this message]

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