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23.1.91; load-file fails for C:/the-file.el.gz

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Message #28 received at 5447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>, 5447 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5447: closed by Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> (Re: bug#5447:
	23.1.91; load-file fails for C:/the-file.el.gz)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:37:24 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Michael, how hard would it be to special-case "\`[a-z]:/" on Windows so
> that matching files are never considered to be ``remote files''?

IIRC, there was the case that "/method:host:" was expanded to
"C:/method:host:" by I-dont-know-which-package. Exactly because of this
problem we have the `tramp-drop-volume-letter' function.

I acknowledge, that it is an error which shall be fixed where it
happens, and not in Tramp. But not easy to hunt, especially for a guy
like me who doesn't work under w32.

Best regards, Michael.

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