Bug 193707 – app-editors/emacs-21.4.2 fails opening remote file using tramp and ssh

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Michael Mysinger 2007-09-25 06:33:09 UTC]

Opening a remote file in emacs using tramp gives the following error: "Symbol's function definition is void: copy-tree"

Emacs version: 21.4.2
Tramp version: 2.1.10


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Emacs
2. Use C-x C-f
3. Type '/remote.host.com:filename'

Actual Results:  
Symbol's function definition is void: copy-tree

Expected Results:  
Expect to open remote filename in emacs

Will attach patch

[Comment 1 Michael Mysinger 2007-09-25 06:35:30 UTC]

Created attachment 131823 [details, diff]
patch to fix tramp.el to work with Emacs 21

[Comment 2 Michael Mysinger 2007-09-25 06:36:08 UTC]

Created attachment 131825 [details, diff]
patch to ebuild to include copy-tree patch

[Comment 3 Ulrich Müller 2007-09-25 06:55:42 UTC]

Hm, not sure if requiring cl is the right way to go here, since all require statements were removed from tramp some time ago.

[Comment 4 Ulrich Müller 2007-09-25 07:18:47 UTC]

Created attachment 131828 [details, diff]
tramp-2.1.10-copy-tree.patch

Does attached patch fix the problem for you?

[Comment 5 Ulrich Müller 2007-09-25 14:33:28 UTC]

Committed as -r1, since I can reproduce the issue with emacs-21.4-r12 and the patch fixes it.