GNU bug report logs - #56774
29.0.50; tramp-error: ‘tramp_readlink_file_truename /’ does not return a valid Lisp expression: ‘""/

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 04:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: 56774 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 56774-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56774: 29.0.50; tramp-error: ‘tramp_readlink_file_truename /’ does not return a valid Lisp expression: ‘""/
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 14:17:26 +0200

Version: 29.1

Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

Hi,

> Open the root of any remote host in tramp, like so:
>
>   C-x C-f /scp:root <at> emerald:/
>
> Tramp will complain:
>
>   tramp-error: ‘tramp_readlink_file_truename /’ does not return a valid Lisp expression: ‘""/

Indeed, this is a regression, introduced with commit
9ed5c39aad09571314097be91cb28e7504614421. Fixed in master.

Best regards, Michael.
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