From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs 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 Message-ID: <87r2nks9tp.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <874m8x3su2.fsf@aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523548153 2170 195.159.176.226 (12 Apr 2018 15:49:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:49:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 23761@debbugs.gnu.org To: Live System User Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 12 17:49:09 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eTE-0000Ro-VV for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:49:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49530 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eVL-0004qr-No for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:51:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41404) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eV9-0004pB-2G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:51:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eV5-0006U6-Ve for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:51:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:40194) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eV5-0006T4-SW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:51:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eV4-0008Q1-6C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:51:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:51:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23761 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23761-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23761.152354823832319 (code B ref 23761); Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:51:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23761) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Apr 2018 15:50:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48089 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eUg-0008P8-CY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:54838) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eUe-0008Oz-Rt for 23761@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 11:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from 46.67.12.60.tmi.telenormobil.no ([46.67.12.60] helo=corrigan) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eUb-0002pd-79; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:50:35 +0200 Original-Received: from larsi by corrigan with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1f6eUV-0004qs-A5; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:50:27 +0200 In-Reply-To: <874m8x3su2.fsf@aol.com> (Live System User's message of "Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:24:21 -0400") 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: 208.118.235.43 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:145157 Archived-At: Live System User 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=E2=80=99t save /home/liveuse= r/.newsrc.eld: updated externally") > signal(error ("Couldn=E2=80=99t save /home/liveuser/.newsrc.eld: update= d externally")) > error("Couldn't save %s: updated externally" "/home/liveuser/.newsrc.el= d") This has now been fixed in Emacs 27.1. --=20 (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no