From: Ken Manheimer <ken.manheimer@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 08:05:42 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: multishell - note that the tramp bug is on remote|sudo to homedir
X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs-elpa/commitdiff_plain/5b011ac2c545be3ca824862f48032c9a2980798b

multishell - note that the tramp bug is on remote|sudo to homedir

(I had neglected to include the sudo part.)
---

diff --git a/multishell.el b/multishell.el
index 8aea91946..65afc4c47 100644
--- a/multishell.el
+++ b/multishell.el
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@
 ;; [the multishell repository](https://github.com/kenmanheimer/EmacsMultishell)
 ;; issue tracker to report problems, suggestions, etc.
 ;;
-;; (NOTE - tramp sometimes fails to open a remote shell when pointed at a
-;; homedir, eg `/ssh:example.net:` or `/ssh:example.net:~`. Once it fails
-;; for a shell path, that path won't work for the rest of the
-;; session. Non-homedir remote access isn't disrupted. You can always work
-;; around this by switching to an explicit, non-homedir remote path when
-;; the problem occurs, and then cd'ing to wherever, including your homedir,
-;; in the remote shell.)
+;; (NOTE - tramp sometimes fails to open specifically a remote shell to
+;; sudo to a homedir, eg `/ssh:example.net|sudo:root:` or
+;; `/ssh:example.net|sudo:root:~`. Once it fails for a specific path, that
+;; path won't work for the rest of the session. Non-homedir remote access
+;; isn't disrupted. You can always work around this by switching to an
+;; explicit, non-homedir remote path when the problem occurs, and then
+;; cd'ing to wherever, including your homedir, in the remote shell.)
 ;;
 ;; Change Log:
 ;;
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 ;;     (Currently the only UI mechanism to remove history entries.)
 ;;   - Fix - prevent duplicate entries for same name but different paths
 ;;   - Fix - recognize and respect tramp path syntax to start in home dir
-;;     - But tramp bug, remote w/empty path (homedir) often fails, gets wedged.
+;;     - But tramp bug, remote|sudo to homedir, often fails, gets wedged.
 ;;   - Simplify history var name, migrate existing history if any from old name
 ;; * 2016-01-04 1.0.4 Ken Manheimer - Released to ELPA
 ;; * 2016-01-02 Ken Manheimer - working on this in public, but not yet released.
 ;;
 ;; TODO:
 ;;
-;; * Isolate tramp's sporadic failure to connect to remote+homedir (empty path)
+;; * Isolate tramp's sporadic failure to connect to remote|sudo+homedir
 ;;   syntax
 ;;   (eg, /ssh:xyz.com|sudo:root@xyz.com: or /ssh:xyz.com|sudo:root@xyz.com:~)
 ;; * Find suitable, internally consistent ways to tidy completions, eg:
@@ -337,14 +337,15 @@ emacs activities, like dired, will seamlessly be in the auspices
 of the target account, and relative to the current directory, on
 the host where the shell is running.
 
-\(NOTE that there is a problem with specifying a remote homedir
-using tramp syntax, eg '/ssh:example.net:'. That sometimes fails
-on an obscure bug. Once it fails for a shell path, that path
-won't work for the rest of the session. You can always work
-around this by switching to an explicit, non-homedir remote path
-when the problem occurs, and then cd'ing to wherever, including
-your homedir, in the remote shell. Non-homedir initial paths
-aren't disrupted.)
+\(NOTE - tramp sometimes fails to open specifically a remote shell
+to sudo to a homedir, eg `/ssh:example.net|sudo:root:` or
+`/ssh:example.net|sudo:root:~`. Once it fails for a specific
+path, that path won't work for the rest of the
+session. Non-homedir remote access isn't disrupted. You can
+always work around this by switching to an explicit, non-homedir
+remote path when the problem occurs, and then cd'ing to wherever,
+including your homedir, in the remote shell. Non-homedir initial
+paths aren't disrupted.)
 
 You can change the startup path for a shell buffer by editing it
 at the completion prompt. The new path will be preserved in
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ and path nil if none resolved."
            (signal (car err)
                    (list
                     (format "%s, %s (\"%s\")"
-                            "Tramp shell can fail on empty (homedir) path"
+                            "Tramp shell can fail on remote|sudo to homedir"
                             "please try again with an explicit path"
                             (cadr err))))
          (signal (car err)(cdr err)))))