GNU bug report logs - #18891
Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 24.5

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #168 received at 18891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: bug#18891: Doesn't handle pwd = /C: very well
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:13:33 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> When you proposed to deprecate the /<host>: syntax I said I'm with you
>> from the implementation point of view.  Now your proposal still includes
>> this syntax, only discouraging people using it.  So the promise of a
>> simpler implementation is not true anymore.
>
> So what would you propose instead for "deprecate the /<host>: syntax"?

In order to simplify Tramp implementation, I would propose to obsolete
the /<host>: syntax completely. Since it doesn't seem to be acceptable
by the users, I'm in favor of doing nothing. Keep it as it is.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.
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