GNU bug report logs - #13302
Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during retrieving mail

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:27:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 5.13

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (The Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys)
Subject: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during retrieving mail
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:44:16 +0100


After upgrading to emacs 24 on Debian (probably gnus upgraded too) I
get:

Warning - invalid active: <number> <subject>

for each (I think) mail in my opened earlier gnus summary buffer.


In more details: If I start gnus I can retrieve mails without problems
and warnings using 'g' (gnus-group-get-new-news). If I enter some group
using <RET> (gnus-group-select-group) and leave it using 'q'
(gnus-summary-exit) then next news retrieval will produce mentioned
earlier warnings. News are retrieved after those warnings and later
attempts work without problems until I enter some group summary and
leave it.

I hope this is enough to reproduce the problem.


Regards
Tomasz Gajewski

Gnus v5.13
GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.12)
 of 2012-09-22 on batsu, modified by Debian
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bug#13302; Package gnus. (Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:18:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:16:07 +0100

Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:

> After upgrading to emacs 24 on Debian (probably gnus upgraded too) I
> get:
>
> Warning - invalid active: <number> <subject>
>
> for each (I think) mail in my opened earlier gnus summary buffer.

There should be no active data read when you enter a summary buffer, so
I don't quite understand that error message.

What does it say, exactly?  Go to the *Messages* buffer and copy the
message from there.

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From: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:22:07 +0100

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:
>
>> After upgrading to emacs 24 on Debian (probably gnus upgraded too) I
>> get:
>>
>> Warning - invalid active: <number> <subject>
>>
>> for each (I think) mail in my opened earlier gnus summary buffer.
>
> There should be no active data read when you enter a summary buffer,
> so I don't quite understand that error message.
>
> What does it say, exactly?  Go to the *Messages* buffer and copy the
> message from there.


I haven't seen that those warnings contain more text after the
subject. Now I see that there is much more.

Number of those warnings depends on visited summary buffer. I can see
that some warnings are about messages I don't have anymore (I've
probably deleted them some time ago).

Below first part and last part of warnings generated for some
group.

If you need some additional info just send me instructions how to get
it.

Regards
Tomasz Gajewski


Checking new news...
Reading active file via nnnil... [2 times]
Warning - invalid active: 21	Tabbed windows in window manager?	Timothy Beyer <beyert <at> cs.ucr.edu>	Tue, 12 Aug 2003 04:12:09 -0700 (PDT)	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0308120402390.7664-100000 <at> hill.cs.ucr.edu>		0	22	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:21	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 48	Re: Anti-aliased text?	"C. Laurence Gonsalves" <clgonsal <at> alumni.uwaterloo.ca>	Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:42:00 -0700	<20030826104200.A11360 <at> alumni.uwaterloo.ca>	<20030725075316.E14467 <at> alumni.uwaterloo.ca> <afh7e6rivn.1zrph58 <at> xebec.unfactored.org> <20030823173745.A2593 <at> alumni.uwaterloo.ca> <agc6jjwf8h.1zrph58 <at> xebec.unfactored.org>	0	15	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:48	To: John Harper <jsh <at> unfactored.org>	
Warning - invalid active: 74	Re: Sawfish 2.0 compilation problems	aaditya sood <sawfish <at> aadityasood.NET>	Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:26:44 +0530	<87zngo1kfn.fsf <at> localhost.localdomain.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>	<20030928225701.18594.qmail <at> scylla.ellipsis.cx> <1064790407.3f776987da6e5 <at> imp3-l.free.fr>	0	36	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:74	To: Eric Tanter <etanter <at> free.fr>	
Warning - invalid active: 77	Re: Sawfish 2.0 compilation problems	Grzegorz Nieweglowski <hoppke <at> go2.pl>	Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:35:01 +0200	<20030929083501.GA470 <at> quatrin.pl>	<20030928225701.18594.qmail <at> scylla.ellipsis.cx> <1064790407.3f776987da6e5 <at> imp3-l.free.fr> <87zngo1kfn.fsf <at> localhost.localdomain.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me>	0	72	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:77	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 79	Re: Windows jump around when changing workspace	Jason Rhinelander <jason <at> gossamer-threads.com>	Sun, 05 Oct 2003 14:20:14 -0700	<1065388814.11531.63.camel <at> cytherea.office.gossamer-threads.com>	<1063298729.32521.4.camel <at> tsetse.lab-net>	0	24	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:79	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 188	Request for comment on sawfish tutorial	Eric Mangold <teratorn <at> world-net.net>	Wed, 24 Dec 2003 01:08:11 -0700	<200312240108.11331.teratorn <at> world-net.net>		0	18	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:188	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 191	More Sawfish 1.3 documentation	sand <at> blarg.net	Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:56:36 -0800	<16378.9188.904100.317746 <at> priss.frightenedpiglet.com>		0	42	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:191	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 202	Re: raise and focus	John Harper <jsh <at> unfactored.org>	Thu, 8 Jan 2004 07:28:11 -0800	<44E813CF-41EF-11D8-B4C6-000A95AF14D4 <at> unfactored.org>	<200401081455.i08Etg31030329 <at> hamming.leekillough.com>	0	30	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:202	To: sawfish <at> leekillough.com	
Warning - invalid active: 256	Re: Announce: Lookup v.1.6.	Ewan Mellor <sawfish <at> ewanmellor.org.uk>	Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:52:21 +0000	<20040214205221.GI2014 <at> punt.intra>	<20040214184627.GB2014 <at> punt.intra>	0	28	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:256	To: Sawfish List <sawfish-list <at> gnome.org>	
Warning - invalid active: 269	Re: Switch workspaces using mouse wheel?	"Mihai T. Lazarescu" <mihai <at> email.it>	Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:16:08 +0100 (CET)	<Pine.LNX.4.58.0402262256030.19312 <at> laptop.localdomain>	<Pine.LNX.4.58.0402261942510.19312 <at> laptop.localdomain> <403E697C.8040106 <at> tzi.de>	0	22	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:269	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 306	mouse clicks doesn't work	Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz <at> web.de>	Fri, 02 Apr 2004 21:05:04 +0200	<pan.2004.04.02.19.05.04.281240 <at> web.de>		0	16	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:306	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 307	Re: mouse clicks doesn't work	Geoff Kuenning <geoff <at> cs.hmc.edu>	Fri,  2 Apr 2004 11:28:32 -0800 (PST)	<20040402192832.34F4124045 <at> bow.cs.hmc.edu>	<pan.2004.04.02.19.05.04.281240 <at> web.de>	0	30	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:307	To: manfred.lotz <at> web.de	
Warning - invalid active: 308	Re: mouse clicks doesn't work	Manfred Lotz <manfred.lotz <at> web.de>	Fri, 2 Apr 2004 22:07:39 +0200	<20040402220739.413f1628.manfred.lotz <at> web.de>	<pan.2004.04.02.19.05.04.281240 <at> web.de> <20040402192832.34F4124045 <at> bow.cs.hmc.edu>	0	39	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:308	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 316	Re: sawfish, FC2 and workspaces	Timo Korvola <tkorvola <at> e.math.helsinki.fi>	Mon, 12 Apr 2004 04:06:09 +0300	<m3oepygg3i.fsf <at> e.math.helsinki.fi>	<20040410181523.A8781 <at> mail.harddata.com> <100B8B6A-8BFF-11D8-9662-000A95AF14D4 <at> unfactored.org> <20040411172702.A923 <at> mail.harddata.com>	0	21	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:316	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 318	Re: sawfish, FC2 and workspaces	Timo.Korvola <at> iki.fi	Mon, 12 Apr 2004 13:10:22 +0300	<m3zn9ho6b5.fsf <at> e.math.helsinki.fi>	<20040410181523.A8781 <at> mail.harddata.com> <100B8B6A-8BFF-11D8-9662-000A95AF14D4 <at> unfactored.org> <20040411172702.A923 <at> mail.harddata.com> <m3oepygg3i.fsf <at> e.math.helsinki.fi> <20040411232033.A5365 <at> mail.harddata.com>	0	12	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:318	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 319	Re: sawfish, FC2 and workspaces	Michal Jaegermann <michal <at> harddata.com>	Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:38:37 -0600	<20040412093837.A14120 <at> mail.harddata.com>	<20040410181523.A8781 <at> mail.harddata.com> <100B8B6A-8BFF-11D8-9662-000A95AF14D4 <at> unfactored.org> <20040411172702.A923 <at> mail.harddata.com> <m3oepygg3i.fsf <at> e.math.helsinki.fi> <20040411232033.A5365 <at> mail.harddata.com> <m3zn9ho6b5.fsf <at> e.math.helsinki.fi>	0	15	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:319	To: Timo.Korvola <at> iki.fi	
Warning - invalid active: 321	Re: How to get a process output into a variable?	Ewan Mellor <sawfish <at> ewanmellor.org.uk>	Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:41:02 +0100	<20040413114102.GC1485 <at> punt.intra>	<20040412233127.A31239 <at> mail.harddata.com>	0	25	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:321	To: Michal Jaegermann <michal <at> harddata.com>	
Warning - invalid active: 324	Re: sawfish, FC2 and workspaces	Michal Jaegermann <michal <at> harddata.com>	Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:24:14 -0600	<20040413172414.A20590 <at> mail.harddata.com>	<20040410181523.A8781 <at> mail.harddata.com> <100B8B6A-8BFF-11D8-9662-000A95AF14D4 <at> unfactored.org>	0	90	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:324	To: John Harper <jsh <at> unfactored.org>	
Warning - invalid active: 327	Re: window-list-menu without class-grouping	Maurice <mauricex <at> gmx.net>	Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:16:21 +0200	<20040416001621.09db8780.mauricex <at> gmx.net>	<20040415212150.7cebd0d5.mauricex <at> gmx.net>	0	26	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:327	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	
Warning - invalid active: 339	tabs	Scott Scriven <sawfish-list <at> toykeeper.net>	Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:54:02 -0600	<20040426005401.GA27779 <at> SerDevian.XYZZ.org>		0	15	Xref: goofy.ttsoft.com.pl wp.sawfish:339	To: Sawfish list <sawfish-list <at> gnome.org>	
Warning - invalid active: 342	Re: Sawfish and XForms Library.	Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls <at> pareto.nl>	Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:29:46 +0200	<1083050986.7257.7.camel <at> pareto38.pareto.local>	<408CDC68.4090209 <at> interlab.es>	0	46	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:342	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	

...

Warning - invalid active: 7531	Re: [Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	teika <at> lavabit.com	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:04:02 -0500 (EST)	<40787.37.130.227.133.1353935042.squirrel <at> lavabit.com>	<20121122085310.GA16420 <at> atrbg42.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <87ehjlu4u4.fsf <at> derry.pan> <1386555.yzAMElUEp7 <at> ambassador> <873900d23y.fsf <at> derry.pan> <87624v8369.fsf <at> derry.pan>	538	25	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7531	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7532	Re: [Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	Christopher Roy Bratusek <nano <at> tuxfamily.org>	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:55:40 +0100	<4912864.BdDoOnePD4 <at> ambassador>	<20121122085310.GA16420 <at> atrbg42.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <87624v8369.fsf <at> derry.pan> <40787.37.130.227.133.1353935042.squirrel <at> lavabit.com>	789	29	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7532	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7533	Re: [Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	Christopher Roy Bratusek <nano <at> tuxfamily.org>	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:22:21 +0100	<6971964.hKttqoZrQ0 <at> ambassador>	<20121122085310.GA16420 <at> atrbg42.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <40787.37.130.227.133.1353935042.squirrel <at> lavabit.com> <4912864.BdDoOnePD4 <at> ambassador>	770	28	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7533	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7534	[Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22H=E5kon_A=2E_Hjortland=22?= <post <at> hakn.net>	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:48:24 +0100	<50B3B978.1020609 <at> hakn.net>		3746	109	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7534	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7535	Re: [Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	teika <at> lavabit.com	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:16:18 -0500 (EST)	<8238.37.130.227.133.1354022178.squirrel <at> lavabit.com>	<50B3B978.1020609 <at> hakn.net>	660	25	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7535	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7536	Re: [Sawfish] Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22H=E5kon_A=2E_Hjortland=22?= <post <at> hakn.net>	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:48:04 +0100	<50B5B3A4.6080005 <at> hakn.net>	<50B3B978.1020609 <at> hakn.net> <8238.37.130.227.133.1354022178.squirrel <at> lavabit.com>	2511	90	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7536	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7537	[Sawfish] Re: Re: odd window resize behaviour with firefox/thunderbird 17.0	GSR - FR <famrom <at> infernal-iceberg.com>	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:19:06 +0100	<20121129011906.GA13672 <at> fortress.battleship>	<50B3B978.1020609 <at> hakn.net> <8238.37.130.227.133.1354022178.squirrel <at> lavabit.com> <50B5B3A4.6080005 <at> hakn.net>	507	22	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7537	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7538	[Sawfish] how to position windows just over the edge?	sam <throwit1 <at> hotmail.com>	Sat, 1 Dec 2012 11:09:43 -0500	<BLU0-SMTP343CA3C12A8FE1397BFDF2395420 <at> phx.gbl>		542	15	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7538	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7539	[Sawfish] [ANN] Sawfish 1.9.90 "Strike A Pose"	Christopher Roy Bratusek <nano <at> tuxfamily.org>	Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:23:33 +0100	<135454317.VhlSi6f3ii <at> ambassador>		4964	122	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7539	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7540	Re: [Sawfish] how to position windows just over the edge?	"Robert 'Bobby' Zenz" <Robert.Zenz <at> bonsaimind.org>	Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:42:20 +0100	<20121202114220.GA3913 <at> Arkham>	<BLU0-SMTP343CA3C12A8FE1397BFDF2395420 <at> phx.gbl>	1261	41	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7540	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7541	[Sawfish] icons association	Rodrigo Amestica <ramestica <at> lavabit.com>	Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:54:55 -0500	<ybilidcmobk.wl%ramestica <at> lavabit.com>		390	19	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7541	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7542	[Sawfish] Russian kbd layout and keyboard/mouse events (was: Bug report)	Dmitry Derjavin <dd <at> altlinux.org>	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:37 +0400	<87wqwpk78a.fsf <at> africa.home.dd>	<11881353339732 <at> web7g.yandex.ru>	944	34	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7542	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7543	Re: [Sawfish] [ANN] Sawfish 1.9.90 "Strike A Pose"	Togan Muftuoglu <toganm <at> opensuse.org>	Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:01:04 +0100	<50C70460.9040207 <at> opensuse.org>	<135454317.VhlSi6f3ii <at> ambassador>	715	27	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7543	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7544	Re: [Sawfish] [ANN] Sawfish 1.9.90 "Strike A Pose"	Christopher Roy Bratusek <nano <at> tuxfamily.org>	Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:39:33 +0100	<1524766.jZFNCb3hsj <at> ambassador>	<135454317.VhlSi6f3ii <at> ambassador> <50C70460.9040207 <at> opensuse.org>	859	31	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7544	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7545	[Sawfish] latest version which compiles on Debian squeeze?	Diab Jerius <dj <at> head.cfa.harvard.edu>	Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:13:30 -0500	<1355930010.26672.3.camel <at> macabre>		184	15	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7545	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7546	Re: [Sawfish] [ANN] Sawfish 1.9.90 "Strike A Pose"	Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson <at> googlemail.com>	Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:01:45 +0100	<CADjSo4RZoPUVaCmmCxqMnM9=syiesbry6PzsLd6-KAV-ZwyAXQ <at> mail.gmail.com>	<135454317.VhlSi6f3ii <at> ambassador>	5699	144	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7546	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7547	Re: [Sawfish] [ANN] Sawfish 1.9.90 "Strike A Pose"	Christopher Roy Bratusek <nano <at> tuxfamily.org>	Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:23:41 +0100	<1801032.M0IU7G0ZQX <at> ambassador>	<135454317.VhlSi6f3ii <at> ambassador> <CADjSo4RZoPUVaCmmCxqMnM9=syiesbry6PzsLd6-KAV-ZwyAXQ <at> mail.gmail.com>	1011	33	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7547	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7548	[Sawfish] Using	Fabrice Delente <delentef <at> gmail.com>	Sat, 22 Dec 2012 19:05:42 +0100	<CAK4aCBZRwARkPLaeV2=VDejfk+G1jTB87DSwj7HEyz4KCf46yw <at> mail.gmail.com>		944	36	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7548	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Warning - invalid active: 7549	Re: [Sawfish] latest version which compiles on Debian squeeze?	Diab Jerius <dj <at> head.cfa.harvard.edu>	Wed, 26 Dec 2012 14:16:11 -0500	<1356549371.27792.13.camel <at> macabre>	<1355930010.26672.3.camel <at> macabre>	313	21	Xref: vitiris wp.sawfish:7549	To: sawfish <at> lists.tuxfamily.org	
Reading active file via nnnil...done
Reading active file from wp via nnml...
Opening nnml server on wp...done
Reading incoming mail from pop...
pop3 retrieved 0KB (0%) [3 times]
pop3 retrieved 1KB (15%)
pop3 retrieved 2KB (31%)
pop3 retrieved 4KB (46%)
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bug#13302; Package gnus. (Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:05:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #14 received at 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:02:49 +0100

Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:

> Reading active file via nnnil... [2 times]
> Warning - invalid active: 21	Tabbed windows in window manager?	Timothy Beyer <beyert <at> cs.ucr.edu>	Tue, 12 Aug 2003 04:12:09 -0700 (PDT)	<Pine.LNX.4.44.0308120402390.7664-100000 <at> hill.cs.ucr.edu>		0	22	Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:21	To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org	

This probably means that you're reading an active file somewhere that
contains .nov overview data, somehow.  I think something in your setup
is b0rken, but it's difficult to say what.

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From: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:10:10 +0100

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:
>
>> Reading active file via nnnil... [2 times]
>> Warning - invalid active: 21 Tabbed windows in window manager?
>> Timothy Beyer <beyert <at> cs.ucr.edu> Tue, 12 Aug 2003 04:12:09 -0700
>> (PDT) <Pine.LNX.4.44.0308120402390.7664-100000 <at> hill.cs.ucr.edu> 0 22
>> Xref: goofy.etga.net wp.sawfish:21 To: sawfish-list <at> gnome.org
>
> This probably means that you're reading an active file somewhere that
> contains .nov overview data, somehow.  I think something in your setup
> is b0rken, but it's difficult to say what.

Do you have any ideas what I should check?

I have observed that it happens only if I open the summary buffer and
leave it without doing anything. If I reply to some mail or delete some
mail than after leaving buffer retrieving mail works without those
warnings. Does it help somehow?

Regards
Tomasz Gajewski
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:15:35 +0100

Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:

> Do you have any ideas what I should check?

Try grepping all files you have for the offending .nov data, perhaps?

> I have observed that it happens only if I open the summary buffer and
> leave it without doing anything. If I reply to some mail or delete
> some mail than after leaving buffer retrieving mail works without
> those warnings. Does it help somehow?

Huh.  That's even odder...  Perhaps the issue isn't a wrong data file
somewhere, but something not clearing a buffer before parsing?  But if
so, it's odd that other users aren't seeing this.

Try applying this patch to gnus-start, recompile, and post the
backtrace.  That may give us an inkling of what's going on, perhaps.

diff --git a/lisp/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus-start.el
index 8278bb0..18902f9 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-start.el
@@ -2200,6 +2200,7 @@ backend check whether the group actually exists."
 	   (and group
 		(symbolp group)
 		(set group nil))
+	   (debug)
 	   (unless ignore-errors
 	     (gnus-message 3 "Warning - invalid active: %s"
 			   (buffer-substring


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From: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:54:13 +0100

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:
>
>> Do you have any ideas what I should check?
>
> Try grepping all files you have for the offending .nov data, perhaps?

What does it mean 'offending .nov data'? Should I grep for '.nov'? I
don't know what it is.

>> I have observed that it happens only if I open the summary buffer and
>> leave it without doing anything. If I reply to some mail or delete
>> some mail than after leaving buffer retrieving mail works without
>> those warnings. Does it help somehow?
>
> Huh.  That's even odder...  Perhaps the issue isn't a wrong data file
> somewhere, but something not clearing a buffer before parsing?  But if
> so, it's odd that other users aren't seeing this.
>
> Try applying this patch to gnus-start, recompile, and post the
> backtrace.  That may give us an inkling of what's going on, perhaps.
>
> diff --git a/lisp/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus-start.el
> index 8278bb0..18902f9 100644
> --- a/lisp/gnus-start.el
> +++ b/lisp/gnus-start.el
> @@ -2200,6 +2200,7 @@ backend check whether the group actually exists."
>  	   (and group
>  		(symbolp group)
>  		(set group nil))
> +	   (debug)
>  	   (unless ignore-errors
>  	     (gnus-message 3 "Warning - invalid active: %s"
>  			   (buffer-substring

  byte-code("..." [group ignore-errors nil debug gnus-message 3 "Warning - invalid active: %s" point-at-bol point-at-eol] 5)
  gnus-active-to-gnus-format((nnnil "") [0 0 0 0 0 nnml+wp:wp\.scons-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 nnml+wp:wp\.bitc-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ...] nil t)
  gnus-read-active-file-1((nnnil "") nil)
  gnus-get-unread-articles(nil)
  gnus-group-get-new-news(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-group-get-new-news nil nil)

I've removed bytecode because I got warnings about zero values in mail.

Strangely on the stack there is a call to 'gnus-active-to-gnus-format'
where in parameters there are two grups mentioned but not the one I
opened and not the one for which mails I get warnings. What do you think
about it?

Regards
Tomasz Gajewski
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:51:44 +0100

Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:

>   byte-code("..." [group ignore-errors nil debug gnus-message 3
> "Warning - invalid active: %s" point-at-bol point-at-eol] 5)
>   gnus-active-to-gnus-format((nnnil "") [0 0 0 0 0
> nnml+wp:wp\.scons-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> nnml+wp:wp\.bitc-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> ...] nil t)
>   gnus-read-active-file-1((nnnil "") nil)

Oh, it's reading the active data from the nnnil method that fails.  That
should be, like, impossible.

Do you have an old version of nnnil.el in your load path shadowing the
version in Emacs 24?  What does `M-x list-load-path-shadows' say?

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From: Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 13302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13302: Series of 'Warning - invalid active: ...' during
	retrieving mail
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:26:01 +0100

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Tomasz Gajewski <tomga <at> wp.pl> writes:
>
>>   byte-code("..." [group ignore-errors nil debug gnus-message 3
>> "Warning - invalid active: %s" point-at-bol point-at-eol] 5)
>>   gnus-active-to-gnus-format((nnnil "") [0 0 0 0 0
>> nnml+wp:wp\.scons-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>> nnml+wp:wp\.bitc-dev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>> ...] nil t)
>>   gnus-read-active-file-1((nnnil "") nil)
>
> Oh, it's reading the active data from the nnnil method that fails.
> That should be, like, impossible.
>
> Do you have an old version of nnnil.el in your load path shadowing the
> version in Emacs 24?  What does `M-x list-load-path-shadows' say?

You are right.

/usr/share/emacs24/site-lisp/gnus-bonus-el/nnnil hides /usr/share/emacs/24.1/lisp/gnus/nnnil

It is a problem with ubuntu packaging I think. gnus-bonus-el provides
nnnil but for emacs24 probably shouldn't. I removed this package and it
fixed the issue.

It seems it is a known problem for a long time:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69083

and even

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=609698

but it seems that there is no fix yet.

I really appreciate your help. Thank you.

Should I close the bug somehow or you will do this?

Regards
Tomasz Gajewski
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