From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33005: 27.0.50; Data loss with Gnus registry Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 11:06:09 -0700 Message-ID: <87r2381uge.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871s8yvsrq.fsf@web.de> <874ldtlcks.fsf@web.de> <87ftxdl7w1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878t33cjf2.fsf@web.de> <87o8za4gbl.fsf@web.de> <87mueuicys.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87d0fgnik0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87v9srzm9g.fsf@web.de> <87ftjvz045.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87tv8ajd6d.fsf@web.de> <87lftlsr90.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h849xds3.fsf@web.de> <87eezcpuac.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lftjkcj7.fsf@web.de> <87sgnr74ig.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87sgnq5s3l.fsf@web.de> <87mudy5cxj.fsf@web.de> <87lfth6fbv.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87a79xg8no.fsf@web.de> <87d0et6eme.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87sgnosth6.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="117486"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 33005@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 19 20:07:25 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt8P-000ULI-EA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:07:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33260 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt8N-0007Y7-Em for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:07:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35545) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt85-0007Xq-EC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt84-0006HD-8j for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44711) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt82-0006DL-55 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt81-0004m9-Sw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:07:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33005 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 33005-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33005.157150838218306 (code B ref 33005); Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33005) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Oct 2019 18:06:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53532 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt7L-0004l7-89 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:06:19 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:38454 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLt7J-0004kt-B2 for 33005@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 14:06:17 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (67-40-27-198.tukw.qwest.net [67.40.27.198]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BD93AFA07E; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 18:06:10 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87sgnosth6.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:25:09 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169751 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> > I didn't think long about it but instead I had a look how other packages >> > handle the case. >> >> Good enough for me! Thanks. > > Do you really want this to be nil when the file buffer is evaluated? > > (defconst gnus-mock-data-dir > (when load-file-name > (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name > "data" > (file-name-directory load-file-name)))) > "Source directory for Gnus mock data.") > > Then again I need additional work when loading the source to debug. You > could at least accept `default-directory' when it contains a "data" > named directory, or query for a directory with a useful default instead > of barfing when gnus-mock-start is called. With other words: what I get > now is just another kind of barfing, no real improvement. Oops, I didn't realize that default-directory would be set to the containing directory at load time -- I assumed its chances of finding the "data" directory correctly were essentially nil. I'll use your version now...