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bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory
From: |
Michael Albinus |
Subject: |
bug#65904: 29.1.50; autorevert can't revert files in a symlink directory |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:18:58 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
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.