Re: Can't create auto-save files when using tramp on Windows

[Michael Albinus]

Nikolay Kudryavtsev <address@hidden> writes:

Hi Nikolay,

> After looking for the purpose of that commit, I found out that it was
> an attempt to fix earlier windows problem. That bug it still fixed
> even if we remove (system-type 'not-windows).

I've played also with this, and if we remove (system-type 'not-windows)
there will still be a bug. Pls run tramp-tests.el, test case
`tramp-test31-make-auto-save-file-name'.

> So, Michael, I think you can just remove that and that would be the
> fix. (system-type 'not-windows) should not have any effect on anything
> but Windows, right?

I've just proposed a patch on the emacs-devel mailing list, it fixes
this problem and a related one in Emacs' files.el. See
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2017-01/msg00270.html>. Maybe
you could check, whether the proposed patch works also for you.

Best regards, Michael.