GNU bug report logs - #13636
24.3.50; tramp+ftp broken

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Message #29 received at 13636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de
Subject: Re: bug#13636: 24.3.50; tramp+ftp broken
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:36:26 +0200

> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:47:17 +0100
> Cc: 13636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
> >>   signal(wrong-type-argument (stringp nil))
> >>   byte-code("\301@A\"\207" [err signal] 3)
> >>   ange-ftp-hook-function(file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" nil nil)
> >
> > Still not sufficient. I don't see where (stringp nil) is called.
> > "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" is a string (obviously). The other
> > parameters of `file-remote-p' are optional, it is OK to be nil.
> >
> > What happens, if you eval in your *scratch* buffer
> >
> > (file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" nil nil)
> Same error.
> 
> > What happens, if you move your ~/.netrc away (temporarily)?
> It is working when I remove .netrc
> (file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:")
> => "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:"
> 
> Here the entry in .netrc:
> 
> machine mafreebox.freebox.fr login freebox password xxxxx

Just run Emacs under GDB, put a breakpoint in wrong_type_argument, and
when it breaks, show the backtrace (including "xbacktrace").  That
should show enough for Michael to see the information he wants.

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