GNU bug report logs - #54487
29.0.50; connection-local value for `shell-file-name' not set in Dired buffers over Tramp

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 54487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54487: 29.0.50; connection-local value for `shell-file-name' not set in Dired buffers over Tramp
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:52:21 +0200

> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com,  54487 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:06:28 +0100
> 
> (shell-quote-argument ARGUMENT &optional POSIX)
> 
> Quote ARGUMENT for passing as argument to an inferior shell.
> 
> This function is designed to work with the syntax of your system’s
> standard shell, and might produce incorrect results with unusual shells.
> See Info node ‘(elisp)Security Considerations’.
> 
> If the optional POSIX argument is non-nil, ARGUMENT is quoted
> according to POSIX rules.

Thanks.

Please augment the last sentence by using "according to POSIX shell
quoting rules, regardless of the system's shell."  Or something
similar.

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