Re: tramp (2.1.8-pre); Local decoding problem

[Ned Ludd]

Michael Albinus <address@hidden> writes:

> "Ned Ludd" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> In the last few versions I seem to be having the same problem.  I
>> get the following error when I attempt to save a file.  Note that
>> this happens with any access method.
>> Error: File error: Couldn't write region to
>> /sudo:address@hidden:/etc/tmp13713LjN', decode using
>> tramp_perl_decode_with_module' failed
>> To attempt to debug I hid or removed progressive command in
>> "tramp-remote-coding-methods".  It happens with all of them.
>> "mimencode", "recode", etc.
>
> "mimencode", "mmencode" and "recode" are not used, because these
> commands are not found on your remote system:

Ya, I removed them all to test. Had the same issue with each of them
though.

> Therefore, the predefined shell function tramp_perl_decode_with_module
> is used. It seems to work correctly, just the final cksum call seems
> to return undesired values.
>
> I've decoded your data manually, they look fine.
>
> As workaround you might unset file-precious-flag (this causes the
> cksum call). I'll continue to analyze where's the bug in that.

Setting file-precious-flag to nil seemed to work for now.

Thanks for your help.

Ned