Re: Tramp and BusyBox problem?

[Mats Löfdahl]

Michael Albinus wrote:
> Mats Löfdahl <mats_lofdahl@yahoo.se> writes:
>
> > Michael Albinus wrote:
> > > Mats Löfdahl <mats_lofdahl@yahoo.se> writes:
> > >
> > > > > tramp: Testing remote command `/bin/ls' for -n...okay
> > > > > tramp: Using remote command `/bin/ls' for getting directory listings
> > > > > tramp: Sending the Perl script `tramp_file_attributes'...done.
> > > > > tramp-handle-file-attributes: Wrong type argument: listp, if
> > > Could you, please, show the backtrace?
> > >
> > > > Might be easier if I remember to give some information about my environment:
> > > >
> > > > emacs-version:
> > > > GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.14.7) of
> > > > 2009-02-09 on x86-1.fedora.phx.redhat.com
> > > >
> > > > tramp-version:
> > > > 2.0.58-pre
> > > Tramp 2.0 hasn't seen so many corrections last time. Would it be an
> > > option for you to switch to Tramp 2.1?
> > OK, I installed Tramp 2.1.9. Same problem! I tried to mouse-copy a
> > backtrace into this message but failed, there's some byte code in
> > there that apparently wasn't liked much by the mouse...
> >
> > I saved it to a file instead:
> > http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/~mats/backtrace.txt
>
> You have problems with an echoing shell, which is known for
> Busybox. There are some Tramp patches wrt this, even after release of
> 2.1.9. Why did you choose this? Tramp 2.1.15 is the recent version.

Why? Because I'm stupid and 2.1.9 is sorted alphabetically after 2.1.15 
on the download webpage... :o)

But installing 2.1.15 does not remove the problem. A fresh backtrace is 
available from the same URL: 
http://www.solarphysics.kva.se/~mats/backtrace.txt

The error message in the *Messages* buffer is now (with some context):

...
Tramp: Sending password
Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `10.0.0.3'
File error: Couldn't find exit status of `echo \"`uname -sr`\"'

/Mats