bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken

bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken

[jpff]

This morning after updating from the CVS I cannot read any RMAIL file

File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)

I am seeing messages about writing to /tmp/rmailXXX that I have not
seen before.  This happens on a number of RMAIL files I have, large or
small.



In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
 of 2009-01-23 on cardew
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  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_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  eldoc-mode: t
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> C-x C-f R M A <tab> <return> 
y q C-x C-b <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <return> 
<down> <down> C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v M-x r m a i l 
- m o d e <return> q C-x 1 <escape> > <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <escape> < C-s d e l e t e 
d C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s C-s C-s C-s , C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <left> <escape> SPC <escape> < C-x C-x 
C-x C-x M-x w r SPC r <return> R R 1 <return> M-x t 
o g g l e <tab> r e <tab> <return> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <right> C-x C-x C-x C-x C-w C-x C-w R 
R 2 <return> C-x k <return> C-x C-f R R 1 <return> 
q C-x C-f R R 2 <return> q M-m C-g C-x k <return> C-x 
C-f J u n k y <return> C-x k <return> M-m C-g C-x k 
<return> M-x e m a c s - b <tab> C-c C-c M-x r e p 
<tab> o <tab> r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Parsing /home/jpff/.mailrc... done
Quit
Wrote /tmp/rmail11248XPA
Writing messages to /tmp/rmail11248kZG...done
Replacing BABYL format with mbox format...
Entering debugger...
Quit
call-interactively: Symbol's function definition is void: elisp-compile-defun
Quit
Making completion list... [2 times]

==John ffitch

bug#2000: marked as done (23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken)

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From: jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:05:26 +0000
Message-ID: <3591-Fri23Jan2009100526+0000-jpff@codemist.co.uk>

This morning after updating from the CVS I cannot read any RMAIL file

File mode specification error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)

I am seeing messages about writing to /tmp/rmailXXX that I have not
seen before.  This happens on a number of RMAIL files I have, large or
small.



In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
 of 2009-01-23 on cardew
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  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_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  eldoc-mode: t
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<help-echo> <help-echo> C-x C-f R M A <tab> <return> 
y q C-x C-b <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <return> 
<down> <down> C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v C-v M-x r m a i l 
- m o d e <return> q C-x 1 <escape> > <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> <prior> 
<prior> <prior> <prior> <escape> < C-s d e l e t e 
d C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s 
C-s C-s C-s C-s , C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <left> <escape> SPC <escape> < C-x C-x 
C-x C-x M-x w r SPC r <return> R R 1 <return> M-x t 
o g g l e <tab> r e <tab> <return> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <right> C-x C-x C-x C-x C-w C-x C-w R 
R 2 <return> C-x k <return> C-x C-f R R 1 <return> 
q C-x C-f R R 2 <return> q M-m C-g C-x k <return> C-x 
C-f J u n k y <return> C-x k <return> M-m C-g C-x k 
<return> M-x e m a c s - b <tab> C-c C-c M-x r e p 
<tab> o <tab> r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
Parsing /home/jpff/.mailrc... done
Quit
Wrote /tmp/rmail11248XPA
Writing messages to /tmp/rmail11248kZG...done
Replacing BABYL format with mbox format...
Entering debugger...
Quit
call-interactively: Symbol's function definition is void: elisp-compile-defun
Quit
Making completion list... [2 times]

==John ffitch



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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: 2000-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:49:20 -0500
Message-ID: <x91vuokuvj.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>


Closing this because the specific issue has been addressed. If
necessary, please open new bug(s) with concise, complete descriptions
of any remaining rmail issues.

bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken

[Chong Yidong]

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
>   rmail-perm-variables()
>   rmail-convert-babyl-to-mbox()

I haven't been able to reproduce this bug.

Could you visit lisp/mail/rmail.el, evaluate the buffer, then trigger
the Lisp backtrace again?  This will give a more informative backtrace.

Thanks.

bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken

[Chong Yidong]

Ah, I can reproduce it now.  I've checked a fix into CVS.

> I am seeing messages about writing to /tmp/rmailXXX that I have not
> seen before.  This happens on a number of RMAIL files I have, large or
> small.

We just switched rmail to the new rmail-mbox code, which stores RMAIL
files in mbox format, rather than babyl.

bug#2000: 23.0.60; Rmail mode totally broken

[Chong Yidong]

root <root@codemist.co.uk> writes:

> I tried your fixed rmail and it does not crash.  However it does not
> provide the label functionality either -- no labels on bottom line,
> and I suspect that that means that setting labels etc is not complete.
>
> I have lots of mail-handling code that uses labels for organisation,
> spam filters and so forth.  Will this rmail-mbox be truly backward
> compatableor do I have to recode it all?  Seems like a shame to me to
> lose a format that I have used for so many years.

I just fixed a couple of bugs in the label handling.  I do see labels
displayed on the mode-line, and the functionality explained in the
section on Labels in the manual now seems to work fine.

What is the nature of this mail-handling code of yours?  Do they make
use of internal Rmail functions, and, if so, what functions are these?