From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33005: 27.0.50; Data loss with Gnus registry Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 12:06:17 -0700 Message-ID: <87tv856fh2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <871s8yvsrq.fsf@web.de> <87in29x33z.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87r2gxygox.fsf@web.de> <87efcxwzr2.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <874ldtlcks.fsf@web.de> <87ftxdl7w1.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878t33cjf2.fsf@web.de> <87o8za4gbl.fsf@web.de> <87mueuicys.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87d0fgnik0.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87v9srzm9g.fsf@web.de> <87ftjvz045.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87tv8ajd6d.fsf@web.de> <87lftlsr90.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87h849xds3.fsf@web.de> <87eezcpuac.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87lftjkcj7.fsf@web.de> <87sgnr74ig.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87sgnq5s3l.fsf@web.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="182792"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 33005@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 18 21:08:44 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXcA-000lOd-Ea for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:08:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45476 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXc9-0005o7-B7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:08:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41884) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXac-0003er-FZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXaZ-0002Cl-UD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:07:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42745) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXaX-0002B3-R9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXaX-0006wB-Jg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:07:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eric Abrahamsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33005 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 33005-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33005.157142558826625 (code B ref 33005); Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33005) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2019 19:06:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51566 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXa0-0006vN-3U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:06:28 -0400 Original-Received: from ericabrahamsen.net ([52.70.2.18]:39004 helo=mail.ericabrahamsen.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iLXZw-0006v6-Ih for 33005@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:06:26 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (c-73-254-86-141.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [73.254.86.141]) (Authenticated sender: eric@ericabrahamsen.net) by mail.ericabrahamsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C487FA07E; Fri, 18 Oct 2019 19:06:18 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <87sgnq5s3l.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:18:54 +0200") 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: 209.51.188.43 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:169676 Archived-At: On 10/18/19 11:18 AM, Michael Heerdegen wrote: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> 1. Put a breakpoint or edebug or otherwise slow the function down, and >> after the data directory has been copied to /tmp, make sure that it >> belongs to your user and you have the right permissions? > > That's the case. > >> 2. Try this version of gnus-mock-start and see if it works: > > I did something different. Seems that so-long is to blame: Well it seems pretty odd that a package meant for handling single-line files would prevent us from editing a file at all. I don't even see why so-long would even be kicking in, here -- the newsrc.eld template isn't one long line! I guess I can do the inhibit-read-only thing, but if I've got to anticipate something like this happening, it's hard to guess what else I might need to defend against...