Re: Strange behavior of `file-exists-p` on latest Tramp version

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Hi Ruiyang, Michael,

Ruiyang Wu [2024-05-01 15:55 -0400] wrote:

> It looks like Oleh is no longer maintaining ivy-mode. I have cc’ed the current
> maintainer and opened a pull request (https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper/pull/
> 3046) on their GitHub repository.
[...]
>         On Mar 6, 2023, at 12:27 PM, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
>         wrote:
[...]
>         *** /home/albinus/.emacs.d/elpa/ivy-0.13.4/ivy.el~ 2021-03-23
>         15:42:21.107225608 +0100
>         --- /home/albinus/.emacs.d/elpa/ivy-0.13.4/ivy.el 2023-03-06
>         18:06:49.507257395 +0100
>         ***************
>         *** 1029,1034 ****
>         --- 1029,1036 ----
>                      (defvar tramp-completion-mode)
>                      (with-no-warnings
>                        (let* ((tramp-completion-mode t)
>         +                       (non-essential t)
>         +                       minibuffer-completing-file-name
>                               (file (expand-file-name
>                                      (if (> ivy--length 0) (ivy-state-current
>         ivy-last) ivy-text)
>                                      ivy--directory)))
>        
>         I've added (non-essential t), because this setting shall be used
>         instead
>         of (tramp-completion-mode t) in newer Tramp versions. And I've added
>         minibuffer-completing-file-name (being nil), because it changes Tramp
>         completion (when non-nil) since Tramp 2.6.0.2. That Tramp change is
>         already on GNU ELPA, and it will appear with Emacs 29.2.
>        
>         Could you please confirm, that this works for you? I'll be in contact
>         with the ivy-mode maintainer (added to Cc) then for a final solution.

[ Sorry for missing this last year; I haven't been paying very close
  attention to the mailing lists lately, especially if I'm not in
  To/Cc. ]

Thank you both for spotting, fixing, and following up on this!
Now coming to a GNU ELPA near you:

Fix compatibility with Tramp 2.6.0.2 and above
4c1690c5fe 2024-05-02 10:08:22 +0200
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/commit/?id=4c1690c5fe

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Basil