Re: tramp (2.0.51); Saving SVN-managed files over Tramp fails

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> I've reproduced the problem with more verbosity.  I was confused about
>>> svn in my last report - it's absent on the _remote_ host (not
>>> available in the default path).
>
> If svn is absent on the machine where it's run, vc-svn-command is expected
> (by vc-svn.el) to signal a `file-error'.  Maybe the Tramp handling of
> process-file signals a plain `error' in such a situation instead.  In that
> case, fixing Tramp to signal the proper error should fix your
> problem.

Finally, Tramp's implementation of shell-command is called. This runs
the command without any check, and returns the return status from the
remote host. One could try to improve it, with the disadvantage of
more overhead.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.