Re: cpio-mode version 0.08

[Michael Albinus]

Douglas Lewan <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Doug,

>     tramp-archive.el is new in Emacs 27 and Tramp 2.4. So you might
>     use latest sources from either Emacs or Tramp repository.
>
> Forgive me, but I don't know where the latest sources are.
> People write of them, but don't give explicit references.

Both Emacs and Tramp reside in git repositories. Cloning Emacs from
git is described for example at <https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsFromGit>.

Cloning Tramp from git is described in the Tramp manual, see for example
<https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/#Obtaining-TRAMP>.

> Does your tramp code allow for editing of archive entries and their
> attributes?  That would be a necessary piece of guaranteeing a
> consistent user experience.

Tramp would allow it. But the GVFS library does not support it (yet),
see bug <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=589617>. This would
be one motivation for me to switch from GVFS to plain libarchive.

Best regards, Michael.