Ange-FTP - empty buffer returned when file over 4K (after clean install)

[Todd Pravata]

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is so new that I have not yet configured it to send mail properly.


To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Ange-FTP - empty buffer returned when file over 4K
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In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (i386-*-nt5.1.2600)
 of Tue Jun 13 2000 on buffy
configured using `configure NT'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When I try to open a file using Ange-FTP that is greater than 4K
I get an empty buffer.  There is no error message, just nothing
displayed in the buffer.  

If I type into that buffer and save, then the file is trucated
to whatever was typed.  It seems to have no clue that there was
a 4K file there before and just stomps it.

If I shorten the original 4K file by a few bytes and retry (using vi,
yuck), then it shows and edits as expected.

Note that I researched the problem by incrementally increasing the
file size until I hit the problem (which occurred at 4K).

My Emacs installation on this XP machine XP is brand new - I have no
customizations.  I installed 20.0.7 because that was the latest version
that I could find binaries for.  The remote server is a Linux box.  I've
included the output from the ange-ftp buffer below.


Recent input:
m i d n i g h t return M-x r e v e r t - f i l e return 
backspace backspace backspace backspace tab return 
y e s return C-x C-b C-x o C-n C-n C-n f C-x ` C-x 
1 menu-bar help-menu report-emacs-bug

Recent messages:
Listing /legacy@www.legacyfirst.com:/www/dev/tmp4/...done
Listing /legacy@www.legacyfirst.com:/www/dev/...
Listing /legacy@www.legacyfirst.com:/www/dev/...done
Retrieving /legacy@www.legacyfirst.com:/www/dev/tmp4...done
Retrieving tmp4...done
Loading compile...
Loading compile...done
No compilation started!
Loading emacsbug...
Loading emacsbug...done

Invalid help command foo.

open www.legacyfirst.com
Connected to legacyfirst.com.

220-=(<*>)=-.:. (( Welcome to PureFTPd 1.0.12 )) .:.-=(<*>)=-
220-You are user number 1 of 50 allowed.
220-Local time is now 09:25 and the load is 0.07. Server port: 21.
220 You will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
user "legacy" Turtle Power!
331 User legacy OK. Password required
230-User legacy has group access to:  legacy  
230 OK. Current restricted directory is /
hash
Hash mark printing On  ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .

pwd
257 "/" is your current location
ls "-al /www/dev/tmp4/." c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 1138
226-Options: -a -l 
226 0 matches total
ls "-al /www/dev/." c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 1139

226-Options: -a -l 
226 17 matches total
ftp: 1101 bytes received in 0.09Seconds 12.10Kbytes/sec.

type binary
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
get /www/dev/tmp4 c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX
200 PORT command successful
150-Connecting to port 1140
150 4.0 kbytes to download
get /www/dev/tmp4 c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.010 seconds (measured here), 399.90 Kbytes per second
ftp: 4104 bytes received in 0.13Seconds 31.57Kbytes/sec.

type ascii
200 PORT command successful
150-Connecting to port 1141
150 4.0 kbytes to download
type ascii

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 43.50 Mbytes per second
ftp: 4104 bytes received in 0.13Seconds 31.33Kbytes/sec.

200 TYPE is now ASCII
200 TYPE is now ASCII
type binary
200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
get /www/dev/tmp4 c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX
200 PORT command successful
150-Connecting to port 1142
150 4.0 kbytes to download
get /www/dev/tmp4 c:/DOCUME~1/Owner/LOCALS~1/Temp/ange-ftpa044gJX

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 50.20 Mbytes per second
ftp: 4104 bytes received in 0.14Seconds 29.31Kbytes/sec.

200 PORT command successful
type ascii
150-Connecting to port 1143
150 4.0 kbytes to download
type ascii

226-File successfully transferred
226 0.000 seconds (measured here), 43.96 Mbytes per second
ftp: 4104 bytes received in 0.13Seconds 31.57Kbytes/sec.

200 TYPE is now ASCII
200 TYPE is now ASCII

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