From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#21241: 25.0.50; gfilenotify doesn't indicate when limits are reached Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:16:12 +0300 Message-ID: <83zj1woamr.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878u9gly4p.fsf@gnu.org> <831tf8ptbv.fsf@gnu.org> <87tws4k56p.fsf_-_@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439389106 15229 80.91.229.3 (12 Aug 2015 14:18:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:18:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 21241@debbugs.gnu.org To: Tassilo Horn Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 12 16:18:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1ZPWr7-0003d4-3b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:18:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38872 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWr6-0006EH-5e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58062) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWr2-0006E6-3z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWqw-0007eE-AJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33815) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWqw-0007dG-6w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWqv-0004RH-MD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 21241 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 21241-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B21241.143938904517022 (code B ref 21241); Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 21241) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Aug 2015 14:17:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54258 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWqL-0004QU-3Z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:17:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout26.012.net.il ([80.179.55.182]:45764) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZPWqH-0004QK-Vz for 21241@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:17:23 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout26.012.net.il by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NSZ00K003NZ7Z00@mtaout26.012.net.il> for 21241@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:19:53 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout26.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NSZ00BGT3T5O4C0@mtaout26.012.net.il>; Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:19:53 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87tws4k56p.fsf_-_@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:105440 Archived-At: > From: Tassilo Horn > Cc: 21241@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:27:26 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> Well, one thing we could do was preferring plain inotify over glib's > >> GFileMonitor when both are available. On my GNU/Linux box both are > >> available and configure chose gfilenotify as the default. > > > > I wonder if we should revert our decision to prefer gfilenotify if > > available, and instead use it only if there's no other supported > > method. It begins to sound more and more like gfilenotify is more > > trouble than it's worth. > > You mean the other emacs-devel thread where it has been reported that > gfile notifications might get delayed up to 30 seconds? That, and this bug, and also the fact that it simply doesn't work on Windows (no notifications come in), although the corresponding glib tests all pass. There's also bug#20417, and I think someone also complained about gfilenotify on OS X. > Well, at least it seems that THIS issue is considered to be a bug also > by one glib developer so chances are good that it'll be fixed > eventually. Let's hope it will be.