Package: emacs;
Reported by: sds <at> gnu.org
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:25:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: moreinfo
Found in version 25.1.50
Fixed in version 26.1
Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org> To: 22478 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#22478: 25.1.50; tramp error: Wrong method specification for ‘scp’ Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:23:34 -0500
In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.14 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2016-01-24 built on sdsGazPro Repository revision: 6d25cbeaaf93615b8d7f26024ba014104eb5d4f2 Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11702000 System Description: Ubuntu 15.10 I get this error: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error #("Wrong method specification for ‘scp’" 32 35 (tramp-default t))) signal(file-error (#("Wrong method specification for ‘scp’" 32 35 (tramp-default t)))) tramp-sh-handle-file-local-copy(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) apply(tramp-sh-handle-file-local-copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) tramp-sh-file-name-handler(file-local-copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler file-local-copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) tramp-file-name-handler(file-local-copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) file-local-copy(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) tramp-handle-insert-file-contents(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil) apply(tramp-handle-insert-file-contents (#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil)) tramp-sh-file-name-handler(insert-file-contents #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil) apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler insert-file-contents (#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil)) tramp-file-name-handler(insert-file-contents #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil) insert-file-contents(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) nil nil nil nil) insert-file-contents-literally(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t))) tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file-via-buffer(copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t) tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file(copy #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil) tramp-sh-handle-copy-file(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil) apply(tramp-sh-handle-copy-file (#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil)) tramp-sh-file-name-handler(copy-file #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil) apply(tramp-sh-file-name-handler copy-file (#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil)) tramp-file-name-handler(copy-file #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) "/home/sds/.newsrc" t t nil nil) copy-file("/podval:~/.newsrc" "~/.newsrc" t t) sds-mirror("/podval:~/.newsrc" "~/.newsrc") sds-pull-gnus-startup() run-hooks(gnus-before-startup-hook) apply(run-hooks gnus-before-startup-hook) gnus-run-hooks(gnus-before-startup-hook) gnus-1(nil nil nil) gnus(nil) gnus-other-frame(nil) funcall-interactively(gnus-other-frame nil) call-interactively(gnus-other-frame nil nil) command-execute(gnus-other-frame) I am confused because this worked before, and I can "ssh podval" from the shell (podval is mentioned in ssh/config). in tramp-sh-handle-file-local-copy: v ==> [#("scp" 0 3 (tramp-default t)) nil "podval" "/home/sds/.newsrc" nil] filename ==> #("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 (tramp-default t)) size ==> nil rem-enc ==> nil loc-dec ==> nil Configured features: XAW3D XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG SOUND DBUS NOTIFY GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS LUCID X11 Important settings: value of $LANG: C value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Debugger Minor modes in effect: diff-auto-refine-mode: t rcirc-track-minor-mode: t which-function-mode: t url-handler-mode: t show-paren-mode: t desktop-save-mode: t shell-dirtrack-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t 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5085119) (vectors 16 80087) (vector-slots 8 1244406 10934) (floats 8 647 1044) (intervals 56 14751 0) (buffers 976 90) (heap 1024 68805 1560)) -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on Ubuntu 15.10 (wily) X 11.0.11702000 http://www.childpsy.net/ http://islamexposedonline.com http://ffii.org http://jihadwatch.org http://honestreporting.com http://memri.org Warning! 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