problems with tramp 2.0.12 and 2.0.24 on xemacs

[Bruce Lowekamp]

I really like tramp as a way to do secure remote editing.  But I've had a 
couple of problems with it under xemacs.  I apologize if these are known 
problems, but I can't find any reference to them in the archives.

I'm currently using xemacs 21.4.9 (upgraded in case it was the problem) 
which comes by default with tramp 2.0.12 in xemacs package tramp-1.08.  It 
works for everything I've tried but remote java files.  With this setup, 
when I try to visit a java file on a remote machine, I get an infinite 
loop.  Eventually it stops (is halted) and I can edit the file.  After it 
loads jde, first it spends a long time (when going to a very remote 
machine) doing:


tramp: Finding true name for 
`/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/BridgeCo
ll/'
tramp: Check /home
tramp: file attributes with perl: /[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp
tramp: file attributes with perl: /[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp/remos-work
tramp: file attributes with perl: 
/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos
tramp: file attributes with perl: 
/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java
tramp: file attributes with perl: 
/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac
tramp: file attributes with perl: 
/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac
tramp: Check /home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/BridgeColl
tramp: file attributes with perl: 
/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/BridgeColl
tramp: True name of 
`/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/BridgeCo
ll/' is `/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/BridgeColl'
tramp: Finding true name for 
`/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/home/lowekamp/remos-work/remos/java/remulac/'
tramp: Check /home
.....
It eventually works down to the root directory, where it stays in an 
infinite loop:
tramp: Finding true name for `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/'
tramp: True name of `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/' is `'
tramp: Finding true name for `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/../'
tramp: Check /..
tramp: file attributes with perl: /[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/..
tramp: Processing step `..'
tramp: True name of `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/../' is `'
tramp: Finding true name for `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/'
tramp: True name of `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/' is `'
tramp: Finding true name for `/[ssh/grid.cs.wm.edu]/../'
tramp: Check /..


I tried to install tramp 2.0.24, and I think I got xemacs pointed at the 
new lisp directory, but I have two problems.  WIthout any protocol 
specification, if I access any remote file, I get an error from tramp/nil. 
If I specify ssh, I get a failed login:
 error("Login failed")
 tramp-process-actions(#<process "*tramp/ssh grid.cs.wm.edu*" pid 2321 
state:run> nil "ssh" nil "grid.cs.wm.edu" ((tramp-password-prompt-regexp 
tramp-action-password) (tramp-login-prompt-regexp tramp-action-login) 
(shell-prompt-pattern tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-shell-prompt-pattern 
tramp-action-succeed) (tramp-wrong-passwd-regexp 
tramp-action-permission-denied) (tramp-yesno-prompt-regexp 
tramp-action-yesno) (tramp-yn-prompt-regexp tramp-action-yn)))
 tramp-open-connection-rsh(nil "ssh" nil "grid.cs.wm.edu")
 tramp-maybe-open-connection(nil "ssh" nil "grid.cs.wm.edu")
 tramp-send-command(nil "ssh" nil "grid.cs.wm.edu" "cd ~; pwd" t)

and tramp/ssh shows the messages that normally appear when I log in:
Last login: Thu Oct  3 20:45:34 2002 from ip68-10-28-138.hr.hr.cox.net
1:grid:~>

I can do an
ssh grid.cs.wm.edu "cd ~;pwd"
without any problems.

Thanks,
Bruce