Michael Albinus wrote:

> My most recent commit has passed the tests on emba. Maybe it works for
> you as well?

Thanks, it does fix the failure. However, the test is still quite a bit slower 
for me than you even when I invoke it the way you suggest, as it takes 108 
seconds for me compared to 30 seconds for you. The four slowest tests are:

    passed  37/47  tramp-test35-remote-path (25.712913 sec)
    passed  42/47  tramp-test41-utf8 (14.036743 sec)
    passed  17/47  tramp-test12-rename-file (8.772317 sec)
    passed  16/47  tramp-test11-copy-file (7.754914 sec)

Log attached.