bug#65551: 29.1; Eshell on MS-Windows using plink: 'plink' is not recognized as an internal or external command...

[Michael Albinus]

Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:

Hi Jim,

> Thanks for reporting this. I can reproduce this issue. Does evaluating
> the following work?
>
>   (setf (alist-get 'tramp-login-program
>                    (alist-get "plink" tramp-methods nil nil #'equal))
>         (list (concat "\"" (executable-find "plink") "\"")))

This workaround might help in the given situation, but it won't work in
general. The user could apply a multi-hop file name, with plink being
the method of another hop.

Best regards, Michael.