bug#47977: 28.0.50; when trying to quit hash table error, concerning the registry

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> On 04/25/21 20:58 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>    > On 04/25/21 18:02 PM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>
>>    > If you're using a recent Emacs, you can set `gnus-registry-register-all'
>>    > to nil. Then it will only save entries for messages you've specifically
>>    > set some special data for -- the labels, or Gnorb tracking, etc. Then
>>    > you can lower the max-entries setting to something more reasonable.
>>
>> Well I have a compiled master version
>> emacs-repository-version:
>> Its value is "84ec57fe06e187f41a3546131d5dae3b185c3511"
>>
>> But gnus-registry-register-all is not there, it seems very useful. 
>> When was it introduced? I think I will recompile emacs then.
>>
>> Do recall the commit (there have been compiling problems last week).
>>
>> BTW when I set it, will it shrink the huge registry or do I have to
>> generate a new one from scratch?
>
> Sorry, forgot this question -- it won't shrink the registry by itself,
> but you could try temporarily shrinking the max-entries value, letting
> the registry prune, and then increasing max-entries again. The
> `gnorb-report-tracking-usage' command will tell you how many registry
> entries it's using, and you might have a guess about how many registry
> tags you're using. You can just adjust max-entries down towards that number.

Let me know if you continue to have problems here, otherwise I'll close
this report in a bit.