problem with ange-ftp using emacs 21.3

[Tom Wurgler <twurgler@goodyear.com>]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00, Motif Version 2.1.0)
 of 2003-04-28 on rds294
configured using `configure  --cache-file=/dev/null --prefix=/home/rdstt1/t901353/local --x-includes=/usr/include/X11R6:/usr/contrib/X11R6/include:/usr/include/X11/Xaw3d --x-libraries=/usr/lib/X11R6:/usr/contrib/X11R6/lib --with-x-toolkit=motif --without-Xaw3d'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Say I do a dired on a remote directory thusly:

  /t901353@rdstt1:/software/secure:
  total 1648
  drwxrwxrwx   2 root       sys           8192 Aug  3  2000 IRIX
  lrwxrwxrwx   1 root       sys              6 Jun 18 14:44 IRIX64 -> ./IRIX

If I now try to dired the IRIX directory (by hitting the "f" key) I get :

  /t901353@rdstt1:/software/secure/IRIX:
  total 4944
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys         180784 Aug 17  1998 GNUgrep
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys         769128 Mar 28  2000 cfengine
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys         756336 Aug  4  1998 cfengine-1.4.11
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys         768992 Aug 14  1998 cfengine-1.4.12
  -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys              4 Jun  9  2000 ntp
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root       sys            549 Jun  9  2000 ntpd
  -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys              4 Mar 17  2000 timed
  -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys              4 Apr 17  2000 timeslave
  -rw-r--r--   1 root       sys             12 Mar 17  2000 timeslave.options

which is what it is supposed to be.

But if I had instead tried to dired the IRIX64 (link to a directory), it gives
me:

  /t901353@rdstt1:/software/secure/IRIX64:

In other words, it doesn't list the files.

Can you tell me why it does that?  I don't think this failed in emacs 20.7...

Thanks for any help.

Tom Wurgler


Recent input:
SPC 2 0 . 7 . . . <return> <return> T h a n k s SPC 
f o r SPC a n y SPC h e l p . <down> <down> <f2> <escape> 
> C-w <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> <down> <down> 
<f2> <escape> > <up> <escape> w <escape> x r e p o 
r t SPC e m a c s SPC b SPC <return>

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