Re: 25.3.1 netbsd; scp tramp has long delay on first connection

[Van L]

>>> You can disable these tests by setting
>>> tramp-use-ssh-controlmaster-options to nil.
>> 
>>    ┌────
>>    │ ;; settings don't apply after Emacs restart
>>    │ (custom-set-variables
>>    │  '(tramp-use-ssh-controlmaster-options nil))
>>    │ 
>>    │ ;; this does
>>    │ (setq tramp-use-ssh-controlmaster-options nil)
>>    └────
> 
> It might be needed to apply (require 'tramp) prior the
> custom-set-variables call.

Yes, (require 'tramp) before custom-set-variables
absent setq lets the option setting stay after 
restarting Emacs.

Line 5 in the documentation for require can do without
the lower case second word repeated in upper case by
the third.

┌────
│ 1  require is a built-in function in ‘C source code’.
│ 2  
│ 3  (require FEATURE &optional FILENAME NOERROR)
│ 4  
│ 5  If feature FEATURE is not loaded, load it from FILENAME.
│ 6  If FEATURE is not a member of the list ‘features’, then the feature is
│ 7  not loaded; so load the file FILENAME.
└────