GNU bug report logs - #14030
24.3; expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vida Gábor <vidagabor <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Vida Gábor <vidagabor <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 14030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14030: 24.3; expand-file-name expands remote file name on Windows incorrectly
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:11:32 +0200

> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:17:45 +0100
> From: Vida Gábor <vidagabor <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Emacs 24.2 on Windows doesn't expand remote file names:
> 
>   (expand-file-name "/ssh:user <at> host:/")
>   "/ssh:user <at> host:/"
> 
> While Emacs 24.3.1 does:
> 
> (expand-file-name "/ssh:user <at> host:/")
> "/ssh:user <at> host:c:/"
> 
> And this makes Tramp to fail (it can't find proper ls command, but
> that's a side effect).
> 
> It's probably affects only the Windows build, because cygwin build of
> emacs 24.3.1 doesn't produce the same fault.

As a work-around, byte-compile tramp-sh.el on Windows, and the problem
will disappear.
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