Re: trunk r114834: Tweak Tramp method definition syntax to allow overriding check for localhost-only methods

[Daniel Colascione]

On 10/29/2013 12:10 AM, Michael Albinus wrote:
> Daniel Colascione <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> > +  * `tramp-hostname-checker'
> > +    This is a function that tramp calls while setting
> > +    up a connection.  It is called with three arguments:
> > +    the target, the host, and the method description.  If
> > +    the hostname is unacceptable, this function should signal
> > +    using `tramp-error'.  If a method does not provide
> > +    a value here, then Tramp looks at whether the method's
> > +    login program uses a \"%h\" parameter.  If not, then Tramp
> > +    requires that the given hostname match `tramp-local-host-regexp'.
>
> I don't follow. What is this change good for? Do you have a use case?

I do locally --- a custom tramp method that connects to just one host 
and therefore doesn't refer to %h --- but more generally, it seems odd 
to tie the local- versus remote-capable distinction to just referring to %h.