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28.0.50; Problem in dired with symbolic links to Tramp-syntax files

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Message #13 received at 48349-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 48349-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48349: 28.0.50; Problem in dired with symbolic links to
 Tramp-syntax files
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 14:02:32 +0200

Version: 28.1

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

Hi Lars,

>> Apparently dired passes symlinks to Tramp in unfortunate ways.
>>
>> For instance:
>>
>> (cd /tmp; ln -s /sudo:root <at> localhost:/tmp/foo bar)
>> emacs -Q /tmp/
>>
>> will infloop asking for a password -- `C-g' will break, but it'll just
>> ask again apparently forever, and you have to kill Emacs to get out of
>> the loop.
>>
>> I haven't tried to debug either case.
>
> This is a collateral damage of 824d1a57ec8e7c90b01af6665de5a114529170df
> in function file-name-non-special. Brrrr :-(
>
> I will try to see how to fix this, w/o loosing the solution for bug#48177.

Should be fixed now in master. Closing the bug.

Best regards, Michael.

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