bug#63127: closed (29.0.90; Tramp all-completions errors with internal error)

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regarding 29.0.90; Tramp all-completions errors with internal error
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> 29.0.90; Tramp all-completions errors with internal error
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> Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:40:56 +0200
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> I accidentally typed /sudo:::/ instead of /sudo::/ in the file
> completion prompt of my Vertico completion UI. Vertico immediately
> recomputes candidates and in this case shows an internal Tramp error.
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> File error: tramp-sh-handle-file-name-all-completions: internal error
> accessing ‘/root/\:/’: ‘’
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> For reproduction, this internal error can be triggered by executing the
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> (all-completions "/sudo:::/" #'completion-file-name-table)
> (try-completion "/sudo:::/" #'completion-file-name-table)
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> I am not sure if this can be considered a bug, certainly not a serious
> one. Usually completion tables are supposed to not show such
> internal errors. Instead they ideally just return nil signaling the
> absence of matches. Maybe this indicates some problem in the Tramp file
> handler parser, which could bail out earlier on such an invalid path?
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> Thanks!
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> Daniel
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> In GNU Emacs 29.0.90 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, cairo
>  version 1.16.0, Xaw scroll bars) of 2023-04-27 built on projects
> Repository revision: a40b1cba5ea53a780e9d3bb6b36e050dfa5e7c12
> Repository branch: debundlemacs-29
> Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12011000
> System Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
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> Configured using:
>  'configure --prefix=/home/user/emacs/install --with-json
>  --with-native-compilation --with-x-toolkit=athena --without-dbus
>  --without-selinux --without-threads --without-gsettings --with-cairo'
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> Re: bug#63127: 29.0.90; Tramp all-completions errors with internal error
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> Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:01:45 +0200
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> Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de> writes:
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> Hi Daniel,
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> > I tried again and this time I didn't install Tramp via package-install
> > but unpacked the tar manually. Then I could successfully load Vertico
> > and Tramp. Completing Tramp paths works fine with Vertico. I checked
> > that `tramp-version' is 2.6.0.3. Furthermore the /sudo:::/ issue is
> > gone. Feel free to close this bug!
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> Done.
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> > However there seems to be an issue with Tramp and package installation
> > due to the `tramp--with-startup` macro. Not sure if I am the only one
> > affected by this.
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> Well, there is bug#59194, waiting for action from me. I guess it is
> related, so there's nothing left to do in *this* bug.
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> > Daniel
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> Best regards, Michael.
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