From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com>
Cc: 23761@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23761: 25.0.94; Gnus wont exit when .newsrc.eld file is modified externally
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:50:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r2nks9tp.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874m8x3su2.fsf@aol.com> (Live System User's message of "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:24:21 -0400")
Live System User <nyc4bos@aol.com> writes:
> I ran Gnus in two different instances one of which was
> running undisturbed for over a week.
>
> When I went to exit it, if, of course, warned me:
>
> /home/liveuser/.newsrc.eld was updated externally after Thu 02 Jun 2016
> 04:26:45 AM EDT, save? (y or n) n
>
> I type "n" to not save the state file and "y" to continue
> exiting Gnus anyway and recieved the error:
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Couldn’t save /home/liveuser/.newsrc.eld: updated externally")
> signal(error ("Couldn’t save /home/liveuser/.newsrc.eld: updated externally"))
> error("Couldn't save %s: updated externally" "/home/liveuser/.newsrc.eld")
This has now been fixed in Emacs 27.1.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2016-06-13 17:24 bug#23761: 25.0.94; Gnus wont exit when .newsrc.eld file is modified externally Live System User
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