Re: TRAMP hangs if remote login shell is fish

Michael Albinus <[email protected]> Fri, 09 May 2025 09:16:46 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.emacs.tramp
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

ID <[email protected]> writes:

Hi,

>> You have the option to modify tramp-shell-prompt-pattern
>> accordingly. But there is a more simple alternative: Use '/sshx:me308:'
>> instead of '/ssh:me308:'. This open '/bin/sh -i', and avoids your login
>> shell.
>
> I see, thanks for the help :)

Good that it works.

However, I made an experiment: Could you pls apply the appended patch to
tramp-sh.el, recompile and start a new Emacs session. It should work
then also for the '/ssh:me308:' access with a remote fish shell.

Best regards, Michael.

(unnamed) (text/x-patch, 654 B)

diff --git a/lisp/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/tramp-sh.el
index 9d74c2fd..aead88ce 100644
--- a/lisp/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/tramp-sh.el
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ The string is used in `tramp-methods'.")
               `("ssh"
                 (tramp-login-program        "ssh")
                 (tramp-login-args           (("-l" "%u") ("-p" "%p") ("%c")
-				             ("-e" "none") ("%h")))
+				             ("-e" "none")
+				             ("-o" "SetEnv=\"TERM=dumb\"")
+					     ("%h")))
                 (tramp-async-args           (("-q")))
 		(tramp-direct-async         ("-t" "-t"))
                 (tramp-remote-shell         ,tramp-default-remote-shell)