From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: trunk r113641: * test/automated/file-notify-tests.el (file-notify--test-remote-enabled): Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:28:11 +0200 Message-ID: <8738qs1rhw.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87bo5g1tdg.fsf@gmx.de> <6zy58ktvle.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375428537 30196 80.91.229.3 (2 Aug 2013 07:28:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 07:28:57 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 02 09:28:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V59n1-0000xf-Mc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:28:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60206 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59n1-0006LB-Aj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50381) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59mt-0006Ky-Ha for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:28:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59mo-0006t0-0p for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:28:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:50057) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V59mn-0006sa-O4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:28:29 -0400 Original-Received: from detlef.gmx.de ([93.202.50.175]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 0Lm34j-1UVotx2Rft-00ZhHs for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:28:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <6zy58ktvle.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 02 Aug 2013 03:12:13 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:rwQGWy+LxU4s1Z+3axg1C9uSHHJqDVThiCLVuvTllpjvOfjlvHH MdMBzxze6qsl9FIu84CvDfjIHCCf6ACMF9V3Ae9WFqZsE4ArvuZ2agLhPYz/wcGp6W0UgII c81ECToOQpXAxAE0rG21pWmXA/FbG+C4fncXkuU6d1caTGuGfkj22DpfS9ywQC2bxEG2iWK PrkzcpI51zpr9dLFoipNQ== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 212.227.17.20 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:162366 Archived-At: Glenn Morris writes: >> Maybe we rethink to introduce `file-notify-supported-p' and its >> handlers? > > You'd know better than me, I was just tying to get rid of the > > (ert-test-failed > (file-notify-error "No file notification program found on /ssh:localhost:")) > > from eg > http://hydra.nixos.org/build/5635144/log/raw I'll think about. > Does it matter outside of automated testing if one gets an error? `file-notify-add-watch' promises to raise an error in such a situation. It would matter, when it silently returns. Best regards, Michael.