Am 10.03.2008 um 16:41 schrieb Michael Albinus:

>
> Have you checked that your local file systems are large enough to keep
> the file; especially the /tmp directory?

Yes. Actually it's saved in /var/tmp with HFS+, Mac OS X, I could  
also try an UFS partition. The HFS+ slice has some GB free, the UFS  
volume has almost 100 MB free.

> What happens if you apply
> cksum on both the remote file and its local copy?

On the remote Linux server it's: 1268136719 956556 messages-20080221.gz
In HFS+ it's: 2116220391 956556 messages-20080221.gz
In UFS it's: 2116220391 956556 messages-20080221.gz

>
> For further analysis I would need the debug buffer of Tramp. Before
> you start, please perform "(setq tramp-verbose 9)". Make sure that
> there are no sensitive data in the copied file; I'll read it.

I think I can give you root access if you send me your public key ...

>
> Btw, does it work if you use the "scp" method instead of "ssh"?


Yes. That's the way I fetched it for review. (It also worked with a  
copy of GNU Emacs 23.0.60 from a week ago? But then I had to try it  
successfully in a -Q session!)

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