bug#49724: 27.2; Tramp /sudoedit:: does not preserve file security context

[xenodasein]

Jul 24, 2021, 22:13 by eliz@gnu.org:

>> From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
>> Cc: xenodasein@tutanota.de,  49724@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 21:06:15 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> >> > Did you try to use backup-by-copying, with or without
>> >> > backup-by-copying-when-privileged-mismatch?
>> >>
>> >> No, I can try again with an emacs -Q and some certain variables set if 
>> >> you require.
>> >
>> > Michael, could that help?
>>
>> It's already on my todo, but rather for tomorrow.
>>
>
> I'm asking whether using backup-by-copying could have helped the OP in
> that use case.  If it could, I'd ask the OP to try that, but if you
> say this is currently a deficiency for which we have no solution, then
> the OP doesn't need to try backup-by-copying.
>
Sorry to ask this here but now that I tried the same, tramp repeatedly asks for 
password, like an infinite loop?