bug#13636: 24.3.50; tramp+ftp broken

[Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>]

Hi Eli,

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:47:17 +0100
>> Cc: 13636@debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> >> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>> >>   signal(wrong-type-argument (stringp nil))
>> >>   byte-code("\301\b@\bA\"\207" [err signal] 3)
>> >>   ange-ftp-hook-function(file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" nil nil)
>> >
>> > Still not sufficient. I don't see where (stringp nil) is called.
>> > "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" is a string (obviously). The other
>> > parameters of `file-remote-p' are optional, it is OK to be nil.
>> >
>> > What happens, if you eval in your *scratch* buffer
>> >
>> > (file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:" nil nil)
>> Same error.
>> 
>> > What happens, if you move your ~/.netrc away (temporarily)?
>> It is working when I remove .netrc
>> (file-remote-p "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:")
>> => "/ftp:mafreebox.freebox.fr:"
>> 
>> Here the entry in .netrc:
>> 
>> machine mafreebox.freebox.fr login freebox password xxxxx
>
> Just run Emacs under GDB, put a breakpoint in wrong_type_argument, and
> when it breaks, show the backtrace (including "xbacktrace").  That
> should show enough for Michael to see the information he wants.
Thanks for this info, really helpful.

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Thierry
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