Re: master 453ffe5: Fix minor Tramp oddities

[Michael Albinus]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Stefan,

>> +         (archive (tramp-archive-file-name-archive filename))
>> +         ;; Sometimes, it fails with "Variable binding depth exceeds
>> +         ;; max-specpdl-size".
>> +         (max-specpdl-size (* 2 max-specpdl-size)))
>
> This is an ugly hack to work around a problem.  Emacs doesn't shy away
> from ugly hacks to work around problem, but we should make every effort
> to document the problem so that if someone has the time&energy to try
> and find a better fix they know where to look.

The problem happens sporadically only. And IIRC, it happened only with
Emacs <=26. max-specpdl-size was increased in Emacs 27.
>
> IOW, could you make a bug-report of the problem (ideally with
> a reliably reproducible recipe and/or a backtrace) and link to it in the
> above comment?

A bug report would be useless. I've added this information to the comment.

>         Stefan

Best regards, Michael.