GNU bug report logs - #15058
remote ftp file name syntax problem on some systems

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2013 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 10:12:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8346

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.3

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 15058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 15058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Emacs-Hacker2013 <at> jovi.net
Subject: Re: bug#15058: 24.3; ftp is still broken
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:38:43 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2013 <at> jovi.net>,  15058 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 14:23:22 -0400
> 
> >> Really?  When was /HOST: syntax deprecated?
> > It wasn't.
> 
> We slightly changed the way it works because of the ambiguity between
> /HOST: and /METHOD:, so IIRC /HOST: still works fine, but only if HOST
> is not also a valid METHOD.  So you need "/ftp:ftp" in order to connect
> to a host named "ftp".

Again, on fencepost, I don't need the METHOD.
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