bug#5263: emacs 23.1 rmail and etach 1.4.3 not playing nicely together

bug#5263: emacs 23.1 rmail and etach 1.4.3 not playing nicely together

[Paul Knowles]

Upgraded from emacs 22 and etach 1.4.1 to 
emacs 23.2 and etach 1.4.3.  etach `detach' command for
unpacking attachments now fails with the cryptic
"rmail-set-attribute: Unknown attribute `detached'" error.
rmail-attr-array is totally devoid of anything like like `detached'
since the changes in etach.el do not affect the 
(rmail-set-attribute "detached" t) call,
suspicion falls on the function itself.  Has there been a
big change in functionality for unknown attributes between
22 and 23?


In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.6)
 of 2009-12-03 on x86-4.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10603901
configured using `configure  '--build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--target=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' '--program-prefix=' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/bin' '--sbindir=/usr/sbin' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--includedir=/usr/include' '--libdir=/usr/lib64' '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec' '--localstatedir=/var' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--with-dbus' '--with-gif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-rsvg' '--with-tiff' '--with-xft' '--with-xpm' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'target_alias=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector 
 --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: C
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  desktop-save-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
D m p k <down> <end> t e s t <down> <down> <down> <return> 
a n o t h e r SPC m i m e SPC t e s t <return> s-x 
a t t <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> M-x a t t 
a c h <tab> <return> p p <tab> <backspace> <tab> <tab> 
r v <tab> <tab> P F <tab> <return> C-c C-c g d D D 
s-x M-x m i m <tab> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> d e 
t <tab> <tab> <tab> <return> <kp-divide> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-1> s-x b C-x b * m e <tab> 
<return> C-x k <return> C-x b * M e <tab> <return> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> 
M-x <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> <mouse-2> <return>

Recent messages:
Making completion list... [2 times]
Sending...done
Getting mail from /var/spool/mail/knowles...
Counting new messages...done (2)
Saving file /home/knowles/RMAIL...
Wrote /home/knowles/RMAIL
2 new messages read
Showing message 19
Showing message 19...done
rmail-set-attribute: Unknown attribute `detached' [2 times]
rmail-set-attribute: Unknown attribute `detached'

bug#5263: emacs 23.1 rmail and etach 1.4.3 not playing nicely together

[Glenn Morris]

Paul Knowles wrote:

> Upgraded from emacs 22 and etach 1.4.1 to emacs 23.2 and etach
> 1.4.3. etach `detach' command for unpacking attachments now fails
> with the cryptic "rmail-set-attribute: Unknown attribute `detached'"
> error.
[...]
> Has there been a big change in functionality for unknown attributes
> between 22 and 23?

As mentioned in NEWS, Rmail has changed considerably in Emacs 23, and
external packages like etach may well need updating. There is now a
builtin command `rmail-mime' bound to the `v' key that will extract
attachments, so you may no longer need etach.