From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
To: MICHAEL J MCCLENNEN <mmcclenn@geology.wisc.edu>
Cc: 23883-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23883: 24.4.51; tramp sometimes reports "Args out of range" error when resuming editing a remote file after a period of inactivity
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:28:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bn13mwx7.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d1lwiol5.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:03:02 +0200")
Version: 25.2
Hi Michael,
> And here we are. Tramp claims a problem. The preserved position from
> above is given to `tramp-process-actions' as argument, for further
> handling. And because it is not valid anymore (remember, a large value),
> it is out of the scope of the current buffer contents. Error.
>
>> You asked about the remote file name: they are mainly Perl source
>> code, but the same thing happens with a variety of file types. I am
>> hoping that you can figure out what method is causing the problem from
>> the debug trace. If not, can you tell me which ones should be
>> checked? I can trace through the code while it is working and try to
>> figure out which method is being called.
>
> Well, likely it is sufficient to reset the preserved position when the
> buffer is cleaned up. Something like this:
>
> *** /home/albinus/src/tramp/lisp/tramp-sh.el.~608444a67599b876fa6c861338e6ebe4b8468d31~ 2016-07-29 14:55:39.779097246 +0200
> --- /home/albinus/src/tramp/lisp/tramp-sh.el 2016-07-29 14:51:04.279291259 +0200
> ***************
> *** 4668,4674 ****
> (tramp-error vec 'file-error "Awake did fail")))
> (file-error
> (tramp-cleanup-connection vec t)
> ! (setq p nil)))
>
> ;; New connection must be opened.
> (condition-case err
> --- 4668,4675 ----
> (tramp-error vec 'file-error "Awake did fail")))
> (file-error
> (tramp-cleanup-connection vec t)
> ! (setq pos (with-current-buffer (tramp-get-connection-buffer vec) (point))
> ! p nil)))
>
> ;; New connection must be opened.
> (condition-case err
>
> The line numbers in tramp-sh.el might differ (I've applied the patch in
> Tramp's master repo), but you shall find where to apply.
>
> Could you, pls, tell whether it works for you?
I've committed a modified version of this patch to the Emacs and Tramp
repositories, closing this bug. If it doesn't work for you, feel free to
reopen.
>> -- Michael
Best regards, Michael.
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2016-07-02 1:55 bug#23883: 24.4.51; tramp sometimes reports "Args out of range" error when resuming editing a remote file after a period of inactivity MICHAEL J MCCLENNEN
2016-07-03 11:55 ` Michael Albinus
[not found] ` <858C806B-049F-45DE-9768-68A6CB8727E3@wisc.edu>
2016-07-29 13:03 ` Michael Albinus
2016-08-08 9:28 ` Michael Albinus [this message]
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