GNU bug report logs - #13481
gnus-group-compact-group uncaught delete-file error

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: keith <at> lib.uchicago.edu

Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:18:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.13

Fixed in version 24.4

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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Keith Waclena <keith <at> lib.uchicago.edu>
Cc: 13481 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13481: gnus-group-compact-group uncaught delete-file error
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 19:16:10 +0200

Keith Waclena <keith <at> lib.uchicago.edu> writes:

> I have used gnus-group-compact-group for the first time, and it blows up
> when attempting to delete a file that apparently got deleted out from
> under gnus:
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error "Removing old name" "no such file or directory" "/home/keith/Mail/spamarc/255121")
>   delete-file("/home/keith/Mail/spamarc/255121")

[...]

> I think the delete-file needs to check for an error instead of blowing
> up.

So you have something else that deletes messages from the directory
while you're compacting?  I'm not sure whether that can be expected to
work... 

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