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23.0.90; tramp: spurious ftp-error

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Message #25 received at 2410 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 2410 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
Subject: Re: bug#2410: 23.0.90; tramp: spurious ftp-error
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:05:54 +0200

>> When I use Tramp to do an ftp transfer from Dired, I get error messages
>> like this:
>>
>> Copy `/local/path/of/source/file' to
>> `/ftp:name <at> server.dot.com:/remote/path/of/destination/file' failed:
>> (ftp-error FTP Error: DIR failed: usage: ls [remote-path [local-file]])
>>
>> However, the file transer was in fact successful.  This started
>> happening some time within the last two or three weeks, I believe,
>> though I cannot date it precisely.
>
> I can't reproduce this easily, since I don't have access to an FTP
> server for testing.  Could you try bisecting prior revisions to find
> when this bug first appeared?

I can reproduce it. It can be narrowed down to 2009-02-11 change:

	* dired-aux.el (dired-add-entry): Avoid munging long-form Dired
	switches (Bug#2261).

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

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