Bug in remote file save.

[Mike Baranski <mike@spamoff.nospam.remove.secmgmt.com>]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-04-08 on porky.devel.redhat.com
configured using `configure  i386-redhat-linux --prefix=/usr 
--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc 
--datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib 
--libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com 
--mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-gcc --with-pop 
--with-sound'
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: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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

I dired a directory remotely,  C-xd /me@server:/var/www/html/website, open 
and edit a file, it saves the first time correctly.  For each further edit, 
it gives a beep and the message "Keyboard macro terminated by command 
ringing the bell".  Then, emacs thinks that I have an old copy of the file, 
and gives the messages confirming that I want to edit an old version, and 
prompting the next time I save to verify that I want to overwrite a newer 
file.  When the beep comes, the file is not saved properly.


Recent input:

f t p SPC b r o k e n <return> w h e n SPC I SPC <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <S-backspace> <S-backspace> 
<S-backspace> W h e n SPC I SPC p o <backspace> <backspace> 
o p e n SPC a SPC r e m o v <backspace> t e SPC f i 
l e , SPC <escape> k <escape> k <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> f <return> <backspace> C-x C-s 
<return> <return> <backspace> <backspace> C-x C-s <escape> 
x r e p o r t - e m <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Getting PWD...done
Listing /mike@wsc:/var/www/html/olema/...done
Retrieving c_law.php...done
syntax: ((topmost-intro . 1)), indent: 0
Loading time-stamp...done
Writing c_law.php...done
Wrote c_law.php
syntax: ((topmost-intro . 1)), indent: 0 [2 times]
backward-delete-char-untabify: Beginning of buffer
c_law.php changed on disk; really edit the buffer? (y, n, r or C-h) 
byte-code: Keyboard macro terminated by a command ringing the bell