bug#4841: closed (23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang with viper)

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Your message dated Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:23:03 +0100
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and subject line Re: bug#4841: 23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang with 
viper
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regarding 23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang with viper
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> 23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang (found remote shell ...)
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> Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:54:32 +0100
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> To edit system configuration files, I'd like to use tramp's su:: or
> sudo::. What blocks me to do that is that I have versioned /etc (with
> etckeepr over Git) and I need to commit the performed changes
> afterwards.
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> When not inside su::/sudo:: I often commit stuff in Git repositories
> using vc-mode. That unfortunately does not work under tramp's
> su::/sudo::. Trying to do that results in vc-dir hanging forever just
> after the "found remote shell on ..." message and the correspondent
> "waiting" message in the vc buffer if I stop Emacs with C-g.
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> Many thanks in advance,
> Cheers
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> In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.3)
>  of 2009-10-23 on elegiac, modified by Debian
>  (emacs-snapshot package, version 1:20091023-1)
> Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000
> configured using `configure  '--build' 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--host' 
> 'x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' 
> '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' 
> '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' 
> '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs-snapshot:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp'
>  '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 
> 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=5000 
> -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g -Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=''
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> Important settings:
>   value of $LC_ALL: nil
>   value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
>   value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
>   value of $LC_MESSAGES: en_US.UTF-8
>   value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
>   value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
>   value of $LC_TIME: nil
>   value of $LANG: it_IT.UTF-8
>   value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
>   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
>   default enable-multibyte-characters: t
>
> Major mode: Fundamental
>
> Minor modes in effect:
>   shell-dirtrack-mode: t
>   show-paren-mode: t
>   tooltip-mode: t
>   mouse-wheel-mode: t
>   menu-bar-mode: t
>   file-name-shadow-mode: t
>   global-font-lock-mode: t
>   global-auto-composition-mode: t
>   auto-encryption-mode: t
>   auto-compression-mode: t
>   column-number-mode: t
>   line-number-mode: t
>   transient-mark-mode: t
>
> Recent input:
> <return> <return> C-x k <return> C-x o C-x 4 0 M-x 
> r e p o <tab> r t - e m <tab> <return> t r a m p SPC 
> + S-SPC s u / s u d o SPC m a k e SPC v s - s t a t 
> u s SPC C-g C-h k C-x v d C-x 1 M-x <up> <return>
>
> Recent messages:
> Tramp: Waiting 60s for local shell to come up...
> Tramp: Sending command `su - root && exit || exit'
> Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell
> Tramp: Sending Password
> Tramp: Found remote shell prompt on `usha.takhisis.invalid'
> Quit
> Making completion list...
> Quit
> Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
> goto-history-element: Beginning of history; no preceding item
>
> Load-path shadows:
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-ghci hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-ghci
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-doc hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-doc
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-simple-indent hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-simple-indent
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-c hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-c
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-mode hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-mode
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-hugs hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-hugs
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-cabal hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-cabal
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-decl-scan hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-decl-scan
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/inf-haskell hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/inf-haskell
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indent hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-indent
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-font-lock hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/haskell-mode/haskell-font-lock
> /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/site-lisp/debian-startup hides 
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/rst hides /usr/share/emacs/23.1.50/lisp/textmodes/rst
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> Features:
> (shadow mail-extr emacsbug help-mode view org-wl org-w3m org-vm
> org-rmail org-mhe org-mew org-irc org-jsinfo org-infojs org-html org-exp
> org-exp-blocks org-agenda org-info org-gnus org-bibtex org-bbdb vc-git
> vc-bzr vc-sccs vc-svn vc-cvs vc-rcs tramp-imap epa epg epg-config
> imap-hash imap message sendmail ecomplete rfc822 mml mml-sec mm-decode
> mm-bodies mm-encode mailcap mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 qp
> ietf-drums mailabbrev nnheader mm-util mail-prsvr gmm-utils wid-edit
> mailheader canlock sha1 hex-util hashcash mail-utils assoc tramp-gw
> tramp-fish tramp-smb tramp-cache tramp-ftp tramp-cmds tramp auth-source
> gnus-util netrc shell comint password-cache format-spec tramp-compat
> trampver vc-dir ewoc vc vc-dispatcher org-protocol remember org-remember
> org byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile org-footnote org-src org-list
> org-faces org-compat org-macs time-date noutline outline easy-mmode
> regexp-opt post easymenu derived cl cl-19 rect-mark server windmove
> winner ido paren cus-start cus-load viper edmacro kmacro viper-ex
> viper-macs viper-mous viper-cmd viper-keym ring viper-util viper-init
> advice help-fns advice-preload debian-el debian-el-loaddefs
> emacs-goodies-el emacs-goodies-custom emacs-goodies-loaddefs dpkg-dev-el
> dpkg-dev-el-loaddefs tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel
> x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image fringe lisp-mode register page
> menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mldrag mouse jit-lock
> font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang
> misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew
> greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese
> case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev loaddefs button
> minibuffer faces cus-face text-properties overlay md5 base64 format env
> code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote
> make-network-process dbusbind gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs)
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> -- 
> Stefano Zacchiroli -o- PhD in Computer Science \ PostDoc @ Univ. Paris 7
> zack@{upsilon.cc,pps.jussieu.fr,debian.org} -<>- http://upsilon.cc/zack/
> Dietro un grande uomo c'è ..|  .  |. Et ne m'en veux pas si je te tutoie
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> Re: bug#4841: 23.1.50; tramp su/sudo makes vc-dir hang with viper
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> Date: 
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> Wed, 9 Feb 2022 11:23:03 +0100
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> I confirm it's fixed, thanks for checking in!
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> On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 10:33:32AM +0100, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> > Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@debian.org> writes:
> > 
> > > With "emacs -Q" it works properly.
> > >
> > > As my main customization is using viper mode, I've also tried enabling
> > > it just after "emacs -Q" and bingo, it stops working. Looks like the bug
> > > is Viper-related :-(
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> > (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> > at the time.)
> > 
> > Are you still seeing this issue in recent Emacs versions?  If so, can
> > you post a recipe to reproduce the problem, starting from "emacs -Q"?
> > 
> > -- 
> > (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> >    bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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