23.0.60; TRAMP does not pass regime

[Peter Dyballa]

Hello!

When I'm in a dired buffer fed via TRAMP from a remote server and I  
type: 'C-x d /pat TAB' (leading to a path name construct in mini- 
buffer of ``/ssh:address@hidden:/var/log//pat´´ with the part  
until // in invalidating grey instead of usual black as soon as GNU  
Emacs sees the two slashes) TRAMP does not understand that the  
leading slash introduces a new (and particularly local) absolute path  
(adding as another try /ssh:address@hidden:/var/log/apache2 to  
the previous remote path pattern, makes TRAMP look for something  
like /ssh:address@hidden:/ssh:address@hidden:/var/log/ 
apache2, it does an ls of /ssh:address@hidden:/var/log/apache2  
on the remote server). It tries to expand the path name with // on  
the remote server and does not seem to be able to finish/time-out  
this nonsense – or I was not patient enough.


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, X toolkit, Xaw3d  
scroll bars)
 of 2008-03-13 on Latsche.local
Windowing system distributor `The XFree86 Project, Inc', version  
11.0.40400000
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'CPPFLAGS=-no-cpp-precomp -D__BIND_NOSTATIC -I/sw/lib/fontconfig2/ 
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and-partition -fno-crossjumping' 'LDFLAGS=-bind_at_load -dead_strip - 
multiply_defined suppress -L/sw/lib/fontconfig2/lib -L/sw/lib/ 
freetype219/lib''

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Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

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