[Bug: 21.5-b28] dired *su/root@localhost* method error

[Aidan Kehoe]

 Ar an chéad lá de mí na Samhain, scríobh Jerry James: 

 > On 11/1/07, Aidan Kehoe <kehoea at parhasard.net> wrote:
 > 
 > > Ar an chéad lá de mí na Samhain, scríobh It's me FKtPp ;):
 > >
 > > > ================================================================
 > > > Dear Bug Team!
 > > >
 > > > I've encounter this on FreeBSD and Linux platform that capable of
 > > > doing su/root at localhost access. While I am about to open a file in
 > > > that mode, It complains
 > > >
 > > > Bogus value for `default-process-coding-system'
 > >
 > > Could you type F1 v default-process-coding-system RET and send us the
 > > output? Something has initialised the variable to a broken value, and if
 > > we
 > > know what the broken value is we have a better chance of working out what
 > > is
 > > at fault.
 > 
 > 
 > Isn't this the answer?

Ah, it is; pardon. Doesn't bring us much further. 

 > > Invalid state: Bogus value for `default-process-coding-system', nil
 > > > tramp: Decoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.confwith function uudecode-decode-region...
 > > > tramp: Decoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.conf...
 > > > tramp: Encoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.conf...
 > > > Invalid state: Bogus value for `default-process-coding-system', nil
 > > > tramp: Decoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.confwith function uudecode-decode-region...
 > > > tramp: Decoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.conf...
 > > > tramp: Encoding remote file /[su/root at localhost]/etc/kernel-img.conf...

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