Re: File botched up using Tramp

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> The botched file starts out right but gets a bit of garbage mid-course (at
>>> position 6054) and is soon after truncated.

>> This is probably the bug in the n_tty driver in the Linux kernel that was
>> introduced in 2.6.10 and fixed in 2.6.11.  See
>> <http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=110842915508549&w=2>.

> This is on a machine running 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 indeed, so it sounds like
> a good candidate.  Thank you,

By the way, now I remember one think I didn't mention before:
such a bug shouldn't cause the file to be botched.  I.e. Tramp should first
write to a temp file and then rename that file once the transfer is
completed successfully, to minimize such a risk.


        Stefan