Subject: bug#15058: 24.3; ftp is still broken

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:31:34 +0300

> From: Devon Sean McCullough <[email-masked]>
> Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 18:10:49 +0800
> 
> emacs -Q /[email-masked]:
> 
> Should display the FTP.GNU.ORG: directory but instead bombs -
> for details, look in the *ftp [email-masked]* buffer.

Try this instead:

  emacs -Q /ftp:[email-masked]:

IOW, you must have the METHOD: part before the URL.

I think this is a cockpit error, since the Emacs User Manual clearly
describes the correct syntax.