* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file-via-buffer): Use a

local copy of FILENAME, when it is remote.

Fixes: debbugs:18751

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 07231507bae..41e1039347c 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-11-03  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
+
+        * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-do-copy-or-rename-file-via-buffer): Use a
+        local copy of FILENAME, when it is remote.  (Bug#18751)
+
 2014-11-02  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * net/tramp-adb.el (tramp-adb-handle-process-file): Do not raise
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index e120aedfc01..a72a79a7797 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -2061,11 +2061,15 @@ FILENAME is the source file, NEWNAME the target file.
 KEEP-DATE is non-nil if NEWNAME should have the same timestamp as FILENAME."
   (with-temp-buffer
     ;; We must disable multibyte, because binary data shall not be
-    ;; converted.
+    ;; converted.  `insert-file-contents-literally' does not support
+    ;; file name handlers for GNU Emacs; we must create a local copy
+    ;; therefore.
     (set-buffer-multibyte nil)
     (let ((coding-system-for-read 'binary)
-          (jka-compr-inhibit t))
-      (insert-file-contents-literally filename))
+          (jka-compr-inhibit t)
+          (tmpfile (file-local-copy filename)))
+      (insert-file-contents-literally (or tmpfile filename))
+      (when tmpfile (delete-file tmpfile)))
     ;; We don't want the target file to be compressed, so we let-bind
     ;; `jka-compr-inhibit' to t.
     (let ((coding-system-for-write 'binary)