From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Albinus Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4841: 23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang (found remote shell ...) Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:44:14 +0100 Message-ID: <87bpjm84qp.fsf@gmx.de> References: <87pr83ehqv.fsf@usha.takhisis.invalid> Reply-To: Michael Albinus , 4841@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257102469 17047 80.91.229.12 (1 Nov 2009 19:07:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4841@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rfrancoise@debian.org To: Stefano Zacchiroli Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 01 20:07:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N4fm9-00038N-9u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:07:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41665 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4fm8-0003Hw-PL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:40 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4flt-0003CO-9S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4flm-0003B8-TJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37445 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4flm-0003B5-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46180) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4fll-00081Y-K8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:18 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id nA1J7FTG020230; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:07:15 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nA1Io4uB017732; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:50:04 -0800 Resent-Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:50:04 -0800 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Michael Albinus Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:50:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4841 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4841-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4841.125710109617164 (code B ref 4841); Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:50:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4841) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 1 Nov 2009 18:44:56 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with SMTP id nA1Iis8p017159 for <4841@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:44:56 -0800 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 01 Nov 2009 18:44:45 -0000 Original-Received: from p57A2291B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO LKG29808F.local) [87.162.41.27] by mail.gmx.net (mp037) with SMTP; 01 Nov 2009 19:44:45 +0100 X-Authenticated: #3708877 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19PqNRDYItP1MLe/J5yXnOL4PpVB98UcsAq3LBmeC XNJurbYIN3B5A0 In-Reply-To: <87pr83ehqv.fsf@usha.takhisis.invalid> (Stefano Zacchiroli's message of "Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:54:32 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.6899999999999999 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:07:23 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:32348 Archived-At: Stefano Zacchiroli writes: > To edit system configuration files, I'd like to use tramp's su:: or > sudo::. What blocks me to do that is that I have versioned /etc (with > etckeepr over Git) and I need to commit the performed changes > afterwards. > > When not inside su::/sudo:: I often commit stuff in Git repositories > using vc-mode. That unfortunately does not work under tramp's > su::/sudo::. Trying to do that results in vc-dir hanging forever just > after the "found remote shell on ..." message and the correspondent > "waiting" message in the vc buffer if I stop Emacs with C-g. Looks to me like vc-git is waiting for a password, or something like this. Could you, please, check the *tramp ...* buffer, whether you see a corresponding message? If there is nothing obvious, you might set `tramp-verbose' to 8, and rerun the test. The corresponding debug buffer of Tramp shall tell us what happened. > Many thanks in advance, > Cheers Best regards, Michael.