GNU bug report logs - #63300
29.0.90; Tramp keeps customizing variables on every connection

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Reported by: Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 10:43:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Found in version 29.0.90

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: Jimmy Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 63300 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63300: 29.0.90; Tramp keeps customizing variables on every connection
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2023 14:21:41 +0200
Jimmy Wong <wyuenho <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

> Well, yes, I consider this a poorly considered “feature”, or arguably
> a bug, for exactly the reason you said, they are local to connections
> and machines, and thus highly variable.

Not really. They exist for the reason that a user can override the
default values offered by Tramp. This I would call a user option.

Tramp has a lot of further host specific data, which are all kept in
variables.

> We can probably argue whether this is a bug in tramp or a bug in
> customize-save-variable tho (why on earth does the act of saving a
> single variable value saves all customized values if a custom file
> exists?)

I agree with the latter.

Best regards, Michael.




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