Re: tramp (2.0.25); saving remote buffer fails

[Kai Großjohann]

"clemens fischer" <address@hidden> writes:

>> `Hmm' indeed!  I wonder what would happen if Tramp was removed from
>> file-name-handler-alist and Ange-FTP was added and then Clemens tried
>> to access the file via Ange-FTP (using the old syntax).
>
> i didn't find a boiler-plate function to do this (how is this done
> correctly?  why isn't there a list-remove function using a
> string-compare on car's?), so i did this:

It's better to compare the cdrs, IMHO.

There is no boilerplate function for doing this because it's only
necessary for debugging.  After all Tramp is _supposed_ to subsume
Ange-FTP...

> according to what i found in ange-ftp.el.  it worked, but i got
> distracted by the following:
>
> ftp> open ftp.linuxlupe.de
> Connected to ftp.linuxlupe.de.
> 220 ProFTPD 1.2.2rc1 Server ready.
> user "#!ino2" Turtle Power!
> ftp> 331 Password required for #!ino2.
> Password: 
> 530 Login incorrect.
>
> the original filename in my C-x C-f was, of course,
> "/address@hidden:/", which asked for my password and produced
> a valid completion buffer.

Hm.  Strange.  Where did it get that?  Did you do C-h v on
file-name-handler-alist to verify that Tramp was indeed out of the
loop?

Then it can't have been a bug in Tramp...

> i completed with a new filename at this point, resulting in the
> funny error message above.  it's funny because i could nevertheless
> enter some contents to this new file and save it.  it also got saved
> on the server after C-x C-s.
>
>> I hope I have time to debug this soon.
>
> it is unfortunate that a filename of "/ftp:address@hidden:/"
> (explicit ftp scheme) doesn't work.

Yes.  I shall try to find the time.

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