Subject: Re: bug#7445: 23.2; weird customization behavior

From: David Abrahams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:04:57 -0500

At Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:18:21 +0100,
martin rudalics wrote:
> 
> > If I do `M-x customize-group tramp' (even after starting with -Q), I see:
> >
> >   tramp-default-method-alist: Hide Value '(("\\`localhost\\'" "\\`root\\'" "su"))
> >      State: CHANGED outside Customize; operating on it here may be unreliable. (mismatch)
> >
> > Several things are wrong here:

<snip> 

> These are normal.  When something goes wrong, options show up this way
> because the customization interface doesn't see a nice way to format and
> edit them reliably.
> 
<snip> 

> Call `customize-rogue' for a list of options where customizing fails the
> same way with emacs -Q.  It's a nasty habit of programmers to ignore the
> customization interface.

So what you're saying is that this is a Tramp bug.  OK, filed with
`M-x tramp-bug'.  Thanks.

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Dave Abrahams
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