GNU bug report logs - #41663
26.3; ffap-rfc-path requires a method for the latest version of tramp

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Clark <paul500clark <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 15:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 41663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Paul Clark <paul500clark <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 41663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41663: 26.3; ffap-rfc-path requires a method for the latest
 version of tramp
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:37:59 +0200

Paul Clark <paul500clark <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The default value of ffap-rfc-path, set in
> /usr/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/ffap.el.gz, is
> "/anonymous <at> ftp.rfc-editor.org:/in-notes/rfc%s.txt". The method part of
> remote file names is now mandatory in tramp (from Emacs 26.1 according
> to /usr/share/emacs/26.3/etc/NEWS). ffap-rfc-path needs to be changed to
> "/ftp:anonymous <at> ftp.rfc-editor.org:/in-notes/rfc%s.txt".

I can reproduce the bug in Emacs 28, but I think a better fix would be
to start using HTTPS instead of FTP here (since few systems have FTP
installed, these days).

So I've done that in Emacs 28.

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