GNU bug report logs - #33781
tramp trouble when PATH is very long

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Message #39 received at 33781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 33781 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33781: tramp tests abort on hydra
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:47:29 -0500

Michael Albinus wrote:

> This doesn't work, if you need the initial value of the user option in
> order to compute a new value:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> # emacs -Q --eval '(customize-set-variable (quote tramp-remote-path) (add-to-list (quote tramp-remote-path) (quote tramp-own-remote-path)))'
>
> => customize-set-variable: Symbol's value as variable is void: tramp-remote-path
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This is a generic issue. Personally I don't see it as justification for
autoloading a new defcustom. Removing long-established autoloads from
existing variables is a different story.

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