Re: Auto-revert on remote files: disabling timers temporarily?

[Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>]

Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@dms.auburn.edu> writes:

> Here is the Tramp debug buffer after the latest "Invalid base64 data".

It's pretty clear now what happens. A proper encode/decode sequence must
look like this:

> # Encoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/sequences.texi...
> $ mimencode -b < /home/teirllm/sequences.texi 2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $? 
> QGMgLSotdGV4aW5mby0qLQpAYyBUaGlzIGlzIHBhcnQgb2YgdGhlIEdOVSBFbWFjcyBMaXNw
[...]
> Mzg2CkBlbmQgaWdub3JlCg==
> tramp_exit_status 0
> # Decoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/sequences.texi...
> # Decoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/sequences.texi with function base64-decode-region...
> # Decoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/sequences.texi...done

But later, there is such a sequence:

> # Encoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/streams.texi...
> $ mimencode -b < /home/teirllm/streams.texi 2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $? 
> $ test -r /home/teirllm/strings.texi 2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $? 
> IGFuZCB0aGUgQHNhbXB7aH0gaW4KdGhlIHdvcmQgQHNhbXB7dGhlfS4gIEF0IHRoZSBlbmQs
[...]
> My00NzM1LTllMDYtMmU4NjQzMjBiNDM0CkBlbmQgaWdub3JlCg==
> tramp_exit_status 0
> $ test -e /home/teirllm/strings.texi 2>/dev/null; echo tramp_exit_status $? 
> tramp_exit_status 0
> $ tramp_file_attributes /home/teirllm/strings.texi nil
> tramp_exit_status 0
> tramp_exit_status 0
> (nil 1 125 103 (16571 47596) (16313 37121) (16313 37121) 39315 33152 t (38 . 25870) -1)
> # Decoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/streams.texi...
> # Decoding remote file /ssh:raven.dms.auburn.edu:/home/teirllm/streams.texi with function base64-decode-region...

You see the famous "test -r", "test -e" and "tramp_file_attributes"
(coming from auto-revert) there.

Oops, I'm too stupid: Kai's patch locking Tramp actions didn't reach
Emacs CVS yet. Could you, please, try tramp.el from Tramp CVS? You
should use the HEAD version, it isn't synced yet with tramp-stable
with respect to this patch.

Best regards, Michael.