Re: tramp (2.2.2-pre); non-working "stat -c" no longer correctly handled or recorded in ~/.emacs.d/tramp

[Michael Albinus]

Carsten Bormann <address@hidden> writes:

> Using tramp via ssh/scp to connect to a box that doesn't like "stat -c"
> (such as OSX) aborts with the message:
>
> byte-code: `\stat -c '("%N" %s)' /' returns with error
>
> For long-time tramp users this is usually masked by an existing entry in
> ~/.emacs.d/tramp such as
>   ("stat" nil)
> so the bug is never triggered.
>
> Apparently, the bug is recent and only occurs in recent versions of
> Emacs 24, so you'll only detect it with trying out new hosts.
> (or tricking out tramp by connecting to /hoStname: etc.)

Should be fixed now.

Thanks for reporting, and best regards, Michael.