GNU bug report logs - #3736
23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:30:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 3736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#3736: 23.1.50; Please use null-device instead of /dev/null
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:58 +0800

Michael Albinus wrote:

> On W32 systems, null-device is "NUL". Not useful for Tramp, it needs
> "/dev/null" on remote machines.
>   

What if the remote machine uses "NUL", "NLA0:" or "Dev:Nul" for its null 
device? I think tramp benefits from the use of null-device instead of 
hard-coded "/dev/null" as much as any other part of Emacs.
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