* eshell/esh-ext.el: Explain, why we suppress the check in

  `eshell-external-command'.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el
index f9f9b1a558f..e48213c54d6 100644
--- a/lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el
+++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-ext.el
@@ -207,11 +207,12 @@ causing the user to wonder if anything's really going on..."
 (defun eshell-external-command (command args)
   "Insert output from an external COMMAND, using ARGS."
   (setq args (eshell-stringify-list (eshell-flatten-list args)))
-  ;; (if (file-remote-p default-directory)
-  ;;     (eshell-remote-command command args))
   (let ((interp (eshell-find-interpreter
                  command
-                 ;; Do not examine remote shell scripts.
+                 ;; `eshell-find-interpreter' does not work correctly
+                 ;; for Tramp file name syntax.  But we don't need to
+                 ;; know the interpreter in that case, therefore the
+                 ;; check is suppressed.
                  (or (and (stringp command) (file-remote-p command))
                      (file-remote-p default-directory)))))
     (cl-assert interp)