Re: tramp (2.1.20); learn how to work with Android 2.2 via DroidSSHd

[Michael Albinus]

Ivan Zakharyaschev <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello!

Hi Ivan,

> I'm reporting a possible enhancement in TRAMP, so that no error
> happens when we try to connect to Android, and so that TRAMP can work
> with Android over SSH.
>
> Now it breaks when it tries to call "env". It could detect this kind
> of system on the remote end, and work around the missing commands.
>
> More details about my case are published here:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/emacs/+bug/1041474
>
> Or a special method for Android over SSH could be devised, perhaps
> based on https://github.com/juergenhoetzel/tramp-adb , because I
> suppose the restrictions of the set of available commands are similar
> -- whether we connect via adb or ssh.

Sounds like a good idea. It could be even just an enhancement to the
plain "ssh" method and friends. It could detect, whether on the remote
side a restricted shell is running, which does not understand all
commands (Tramp does it already for remote busyboxes).

Could be merged with the code from tramp-adb, yes. But I don't know,
whether Juergen is interested in distributing his code with Tramp.

> Best regards,

Best regards, Michael.