bug#22478: 25.1.50; tramp error: Wrong method specification for ‘scp’

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> writes:

Hi Sam,
>
>> I get this error:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error #("Wrong method specification for 
>> ‘scp’" 32 35 (tramp-default t)))
>>   signal(file-error (#("Wrong method specification for ‘scp’" 32 35 
>> (tramp-default t))))
>>   tramp-sh-handle-file-local-copy(#("/scp:podval:/home/sds/.newsrc" 1 4 
>> (tramp-default t)))
>
> [...]
>>
>> I am confused because this worked before, and I can "ssh podval" from
>> the shell (podval is mentioned in ssh/config).
>
> Is it always repeatable? Or does it work, when you perform the same
> operation a second time (like opening a file)?
>
> Could you set tramp-verbose to 10, and send me the Tramp traces once the
> problem happened again?

Could you, please, tell the status? Otherwise, we might lose the bug.

Thanks, and best regards, Michael.