bug#31093: closed (24.5; tramp freezes with "decoding file using base64" message when saving)

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From: ARMAAN-PC <armaan@ARMAAN-PC.localdomain>
To: address@hidden
Subject: 24.5; Tramp crashes
Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:56:46 -0700
Message-ID: <87tvsmwb1t.fsf@ARMAAN-PC.localdomain>
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Open a file in tramp, try to save it. It stalls on "decoding file
using base64" and commands don't work (C-g doesn't work).

Couldn't find a fix for it online.

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> Re: bug#31093:
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> Wed, 15 Jan 2020 06:49:25 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)
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> Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Armaan Sood <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >> Open a file in tramp, try to save it. It stalls on "decoding file
> >> using base64" and commands don't work (C-g doesn't work).
> >> Couldn't find a fix for it online.
> >
> > (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately didn't get a
> > response at the time.)
> >
> > Are you still seeing this bug?  If so, can you `(setq debug-on-quit t)'
> > and see if you can then break whatever it's doing and get a backtrace?
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> More information was requested, but none was given within 13 weeks, so
> I'm closing this bug.  If this is still an issue, please reply to this
> email (use "Reply to all" in your email client) and we can reopen the
> bug report.
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> Best regards,
> Stefan Kangas
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