Re: [PATCH] autorevert.el -- revert fix for Windows platform

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:00:32 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Jari Aalto <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > For some reason the `verify-visited-file-modtime' test in
> > auto-revert-buffers is not enough to notice a file change under
> > Windows / native Emacs 21.3. Here is patch to compare the bufer size
> > against files size on disk. It cures the revert problem.
> 
> That's not foolproof, since changes need not alter the file size.

Right, it's certainly not a good idea to install such a kludgey
solution.