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26.0.50; process-file fails when visiting a file with a quoted file name

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.0.50;
 process-file fails when visiting a file with a quoted file name
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 14:38:11 +0100

emacs -Q
C-x C-f /:/tmp/foobar.txt (it doesn't matter whether the file exists)
M-: (process-file "true")

will result in an error

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Setting current directory" "No such file or directory" "/:/tmp/")
  call-process("true" nil nil nil)
  apply(call-process "true" nil nil nil nil)
  process-file("true" nil nil nil)
  apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
  file-name-non-special(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
  apply(file-name-non-special process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
  process-file("true" nil nil nil)
  apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
  tramp-run-real-handler(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
  tramp-file-name-handler(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
  apply(tramp-file-name-handler process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
  process-file("true")
  eval((process-file "true") nil)
  eval-expression((process-file "true") nil)
  funcall-interactively(eval-expression (process-file "true") nil)
  call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil)
  command-execute(eval-expression)


In GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 10, x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.10.8)
 of 2017-03-03 built on localhost
Repository revision: 244de7b0ed3bb23e700c9edef51e413602d8720a
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Message #8 received at 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25949: 26.0.50; process-file fails when visiting a file with
 a quoted file name
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:37:32 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Fr., 3. März 2017 um
14:41 Uhr:

>
> emacs -Q
> C-x C-f /:/tmp/foobar.txt (it doesn't matter whether the file exists)
> M-: (process-file "true")
>
> will result in an error
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Setting current directory"
> "No such file or directory" "/:/tmp/")
>   call-process("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(call-process "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   file-name-non-special(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(file-name-non-special process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   tramp-run-real-handler(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   tramp-file-name-handler(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(tramp-file-name-handler process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true")
>   eval((process-file "true") nil)
>   eval-expression((process-file "true") nil)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-expression (process-file "true") nil)
>   call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil)
>   command-execute(eval-expression)
>

The same issue can be triggered simply with

(let ((default-directory "/:/")) (process-file "true"))

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Message #11 received at 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25949: 26.0.50; process-file fails when visiting a file with
 a quoted file name
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:59:49 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Fr., 3. März 2017 um
14:41 Uhr:

>
> emacs -Q
> C-x C-f /:/tmp/foobar.txt (it doesn't matter whether the file exists)
> M-: (process-file "true")
>
> will result in an error
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-missing "Setting current directory"
> "No such file or directory" "/:/tmp/")
>   call-process("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(call-process "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   file-name-non-special(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(file-name-non-special process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   tramp-run-real-handler(process-file ("true" nil nil nil))
>   tramp-file-name-handler(process-file "true" nil nil nil)
>   apply(tramp-file-name-handler process-file "true" nil nil nil nil)
>   process-file("true")
>   eval((process-file "true") nil)
>   eval-expression((process-file "true") nil)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-expression (process-file "true") nil)
>   call-interactively(eval-expression nil nil)
>   command-execute(eval-expression)
>
>
Attached a patch.

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Message #14 received at 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25949: 26.0.50;
 process-file fails when visiting a file with a quoted file name
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:31:06 +0100

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

Hi Philippe,

>     emacs -Q
>     C-x C-f /:/tmp/foobar.txt (it doesn't matter whether the file
>     exists)
>     M-: (process-file "true")
>
>     will result in an error

There are other functions which behave similar wrong:

M-: (start-file-process "foo" (current-buffer) "true")
M-: (shell-command "true")

> +          ;; Some operations respect file name handlers in
> +          ;; `default-directory'.  Because core function like
> +          ;; `call-process' don't care about file name handlers in
> +          ;; `default-directory', we here have to resolve the
> +          ;; directory into a local one.  For `process-file', this
> +          ;; fixes Bug#25949.
> +	  (if (memq operation '(insert-directory process-file))

Maybe you could add them here (not tested).

Best regards, Michael.

Message #19 received at 25949-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, 25949-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25949: 26.0.50; process-file fails when visiting a file with
 a quoted file name
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:35:11 +0000

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Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> schrieb am Fr., 3. März 2017 um
20:31 Uhr:

> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Philippe,
>
> >     emacs -Q
> >     C-x C-f /:/tmp/foobar.txt (it doesn't matter whether the file
> >     exists)
> >     M-: (process-file "true")
> >
> >     will result in an error
>
> There are other functions which behave similar wrong:
>
> M-: (start-file-process "foo" (current-buffer) "true")
> M-: (shell-command "true")
>
> > +          ;; Some operations respect file name handlers in
> > +          ;; `default-directory'.  Because core function like
> > +          ;; `call-process' don't care about file name handlers in
> > +          ;; `default-directory', we here have to resolve the
> > +          ;; directory into a local one.  For `process-file', this
> > +          ;; fixes Bug#25949.
> > +       (if (memq operation '(insert-directory process-file))
>
> Maybe you could add them here (not tested).
>

Added and pushed as 604eb02fff to master.

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