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tramp-dissect-file-name: Not a Tramp file name

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 6717 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#6717: tramp-dissect-file-name: Not a Tramp file name
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:10:40 +0200

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

> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>> Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:
>>
>>> --- 435,444 ----
>>>   	(delete-process url-http-process)))))
>>>     (let ((buffer (current-buffer))
>>>   	(class nil)
>>> ! 	(success nil)
>>> ! 	;; The filename part of a URL could be in remote file syntax,
>>> ! 	;; see Bug#6717 for an example.  We disable Tramp, therefore.
>>> ! 	(tramp-mode nil))
>>
>> IMHO this is the wrong place to fix that.  Instead file-name-directory
>> should not be called on the local part in the first place, or at least
>> *all* file name handlers should be suppressed around the call.
>
> I thought about that. But I'm not sure, whether we shall disable
> jka-compr, for example. What happens, if the URL is something like
> http://host.cc/path/file.gz ?

Nothing special.  Why should it?  It's not a file name, it is a URL.

Andreas.

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