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Subject: Status: 29.0.50; TRAMP SSHFS can't visit remote files using
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retitle 54130 29.0.50; TRAMP SSHFS can't visit remote files using absolute =
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From: Philipp Stephani
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Subject: 29.0.50; TRAMP SSHFS can't visit remote files using absolute symlinks
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On a remote host REMOTE, create an arbitrary file and an absolute
symlink to it:
REMOTE$ echo hi > /tmp/a.txt
REMOTE$ ln -svi /tmp/{a,b}.txt
Visiting the symlink from another host using SSH works as expected:
emacs -Q /ssh:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
But the same fails with SSHFS:
emacs -Q /sshfs:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
TRAMP prints a message "File exists, but cannot be read", and the buffer
stays empty.
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Subject: Re: bug#54130: 29.0.50; TRAMP SSHFS can't visit remote files using
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Philipp Stephani writes:
Hi Philipp,
> On a remote host REMOTE, create an arbitrary file and an absolute
> symlink to it:
>
> REMOTE$ echo hi > /tmp/a.txt
> REMOTE$ ln -svi /tmp/{a,b}.txt
>
> Visiting the symlink from another host using SSH works as expected:
>
> emacs -Q /ssh:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
>
> But the same fails with SSHFS:
>
> emacs -Q /sshfs:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
>
> TRAMP prints a message "File exists, but cannot be read", and the buffer
> stays empty.
SSHFS interprets symbolic links on the local host. An absolute file name
cannot work, therefore.
I've added ("-o" "transform_symlinks") to the tramp-mount-args of the
sshfs Tramp method. This shall fix it. Pls unmount any sshfs mounts
prior testing, otherwise it wouldn't work.
An alternative would be to use ("-o" "follow_symlinks"). But this has
the disadvantage that symbolic links look like regular files then, so I
haven't used it.
Pushed to the repositories. You'll find it on the master branch, and in
the upcoming GNU ELPA Tramp 2.5.2.2. Closing the bug.
Best regards, Michael.
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From: Philipp Stephani
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Subject: Re: bug#54130: 29.0.50; TRAMP SSHFS can't visit remote files using
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Am Do., 24. Feb. 2022 um 16:19 Uhr schrieb Michael Albinus
:
>
> Version: 28.2
>
> Philipp Stephani writes:
>
> Hi Philipp,
>
> > On a remote host REMOTE, create an arbitrary file and an absolute
> > symlink to it:
> >
> > REMOTE$ echo hi > /tmp/a.txt
> > REMOTE$ ln -svi /tmp/{a,b}.txt
> >
> > Visiting the symlink from another host using SSH works as expected:
> >
> > emacs -Q /ssh:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
> >
> > But the same fails with SSHFS:
> >
> > emacs -Q /sshfs:REMOTE:/tmp/b.txt
> >
> > TRAMP prints a message "File exists, but cannot be read", and the buffer
> > stays empty.
>
> SSHFS interprets symbolic links on the local host. An absolute file name
> cannot work, therefore.
>
> I've added ("-o" "transform_symlinks") to the tramp-mount-args of the
> sshfs Tramp method. This shall fix it. Pls unmount any sshfs mounts
> prior testing, otherwise it wouldn't work.
Thanks for the quick fix! Confirmed that it works now on master.
>
> An alternative would be to use ("-o" "follow_symlinks"). But this has
> the disadvantage that symbolic links look like regular files then, so I
> haven't used it.
Yes, agreed.
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