Ange-FTP doesn't follow links to absolute file names

[Michael Albinus]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GNU/LessTif Version 2.1 Release 0.93.14)
 of 2003-01-12 on magdalene
configured using `configure  --with-x-toolkit=motif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: POSIX
  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:

Ange-FTP doesn't follow symbolic links to absolute file names on
remote hosts like "a -> /b/c". Relative file names seem to work.


Recent input:
C-x C-f / m a g d a l e n e : <return> <return> <escape> 
x g n u s <return> y <escape> x r e p o r <tab> <r
eturn>

Recent messages:
Quit trying to open server

Reading /tmp/home/albinus/.newsrc-news.eld...
Reading /tmp/home/albinus/.newsrc-news...done
Opening nntp server on news...failed
Opening nntp server on news...
Denied server
Opening nntp server on news...failed
Checking new news...done
Loading emacsbug...done