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#34983: 27.0.50; Gnus cannot start Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:43:43 -0700 Message-ID: <87woknkfdc.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <87k1gn53i6.fsf@bzg.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="189902"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 34983@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bastien Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 25 00:51:47 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 (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1h8Cu3-000nH6-AQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:51:47 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33963 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h8Cu2-0003t0-9e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 34983) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Mar 2019 23:43:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57271 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1h8CmO-0007hn-4V for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:43:52 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:39272 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1h8CmM-0007hb-0U for 34983@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 19:43:50 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (97-113-60-14.tukw.qwest.net [97.113.60.14]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 58F2CFA02A; Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:43:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=ericabrahamsen.net; s=mail; t=1553471024; bh=qChtqtIIjFIReoVClccTHeqGJTwjQ466kXlhodDWf1M=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Yp1yknub/kZnWhh74V0Qzo8we68SC4u18AmryJC7/B+cUXsV4T5rMW3bBQ3P7FM2x leR+X0gNGzRZ934g1q5xC6zjqK2NMqZXqb1NQYIeCgg8cxRExT/CqqDfAEI4vQg7/N j4iEwbF6YjVRX04+ZgJGfSx+32mwl2DcpnXeciX4= In-Reply-To: <87k1gn53i6.fsf@bzg.fr> (Bastien's message of "Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:09:05 +0100") 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:156725 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > I checked out and buil Emacs from master today 24-03-2019. > > I started Gnus using my usual configuration (see > https://github.com/bzg/dotemacs/blob/master/emacs.el) and got this > error: > > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil) > <=(nil 6) > gnus-get-unread-articles(nil nil) > gnus-setup-news(nil nil nil) > #f(compiled-function () #)() > gnus-1(nil nil nil) > gnus(nil) > funcall-interactively(gnus nil) > call-interactively(gnus record nil) > command-execute(gnus record) > execute-extended-command(nil "gnus" "gnus") > funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "gnus" "gnus") > call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) > command-execute(execute-extended-command) > > Starting Gnus *without* a .newsrc.eld file, I can list local groups > from my dovecot local IMAP server, but I get another weird behavior: > after leaving the summary buffer, the group I just left is listed one > more time; if I enter the group and leave it again, I get three groups > of the same name in the group buffer, etc. > > To read Gnus using my .newsrc.eld file again, I tried to revert back > to Emacs 26.0.92 but now Emacs seems unable to read my .newsrc.eld at > all. Is it possible that recent changes against Gnus changed the way > Gnus parses .newsrc.eld? > > Copying Eric, as he seems to have been active on Gnus recently. This is frustrating -- this was the most important part of the patch, and the part I thought I'd tested most thoroughly. At worst I think Gnus may be trying to read .newsrc.eld using the wrong encoding, so I don't think you will have lost anything permanently. (Still, I'm very sorry this is causing you Gnus outage.) First -- did you run "make bootstrap" before running this new version? Second, can you tell me if your non-ascii group names are being saved in .newsrc.eld in utf-8, or if they have literal byte sequences in them? Thanks, Eric