Subject: Re: bug#22145: 25.0.50; tramp and auto-revert tests hang on OS X

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:36:32 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:02:34 +0100
> Cc: [email-masked]
> 
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> # (test -e /private/var/folders/ys/pmyf4b5d58db2y7h89tx0wkm0000gn/T/tramp-test71335Nhl/\أ\ص\ب\ح\ \ب\و\س\ع\ك\ \ا\ل\آ\ن\ \ت\ن\ز\ي\ل\ \ن\س\خ\ة\ \ك\ا\م\ل\ة\ \م\ن\ \م\و\س\و\ع\ة\ \و\ي\ك\ي\ب\ي\د\ي\ا\ \ا\ل\ع\ر\ب\ي\ة\ \ل\ت\ص\ف\ح\ه\ا\ \ب\ل\ا\ \ا\ت\ص\ا\ل\ \ب\ا\ل\إ\ن\ت\ر\ن\ت || test -h /private/var/folders/ys/pmyf4b5d58db2y7h89tx0wkm0000gn/T/tramp-test71335Nhl/\أ\ص\ب\ح\ \ب\و\س\ع\ك\ \ا\ل\آ\ن\ \ت\ن\ز\ي\ل\ \ن\س\خ\ة\ \ك\ا\م\ل\ة\ \م\ن\ \م\و\س\و\ع\ة\ \و\ي\ك\ي\ب\ي\د\ي\ا\ \ا\ل\ع\ر\ب\ي\ة\ \ل\ت\ص\ف\ح\ه\ا\ \ب\ل\ا\ \ا\ت\ص\ا\ل\ \ب\ا\ل\إ\ن\ت\ر\ن\ت) && /bin/ls -w -ildn /private/var/folders/ys/pmyf4b5d58db2y7h89tx0wkm0000gn/T/tramp-test71335Nhl/\أ\ص\ب\ح\ \ب\و\س\ع\ك\ \ا\ل\آ\ن\ \ت\ن\ز\ي\ل\ \ن\س\خ\ة\ \ك\ا\م\ل\ة\ \م\ن\ \م\و\س\و\ع\ة\ \و\ي\ك\ي\ب\ي\د\ي\ا\ \ا\ل\ع\ر\ب\ي\ة\ \ل\ت\ص\ف\ح\ه\ا\ \ب\ل\ا\ \ا\ت\ص\ا\ل\ \ب\ا\ل\إ\ن\ت\ر\ن\ت
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> 
> This is a delicate command, because the file name is r2l encoded, and
> one aim of the test is to check whether this works. OTOH, I see ^G
> evidences in the trace after sending the command, so I don't know
> whether Tramp really hangs, or whether this has been the place you have
> started to interrupt the test.

Since this is OS X, the normalization used by its filesystem could
also be a factor.