From unknown Sat Jun 21 17:27:29 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#13873 <13873@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#13873 <13873@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart Reply-To: bug#13873 <13873@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:27:29 +0000 retitle 13873 GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart reassign 13873 emacs,gnus submitter 13873 Jens Lechtenboerger severity 13873 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 03:50:57 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2013 08:50:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59742 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnaL-0000CV-B2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:50:57 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33210) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnIR-0008CP-BK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:32:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnI0-0004p8-2M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:32:03 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:42728) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnHz-0004p4-Vj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:32:00 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44556) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnHw-0006f2-Un for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:31:59 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnHn-0004m5-JT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:31:56 -0500 Received: from zivm-wwu2-1.uni-muenster.de ([128.176.192.5]:13171 helo=zivm-wwu2.uni-muenster.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnHn-0004l8-AE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:31:47 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgEFAAysNVGAsLwY/2dsb2JhbABEhlC8BA13FnOCSQRCASgjAwwSAgQNAQQoTgSHdZB+jC6GWod7gkCQNo1bgRY6ghWBEwOPKpgOgwmBcQ X-IPAS-Result: AgEFAAysNVGAsLwY/2dsb2JhbABEhlC8BA13FnOCSQRCASgjAwwSAgQNAQQoTgSHdZB+jC6GWod7gkCQNo1bgRY6ghWBEwOPKpgOgwmBcQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,786,1355094000"; d="eld'?scan'208";a="26290917" Received: from mail.uni-muenster.de ([128.176.188.24]) by zivm-relay2.uni-muenster.de with ESMTP; 05 Mar 2013 09:31:43 +0100 Received: from pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de (PCWI7557.UNI-MUENSTER.DE [128.176.159.107]) by mail.uni-muenster.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F906BF402 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:31:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from lechten by pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCnHj-0000eG-O0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:31:43 +0100 From: Jens Lechtenboerger To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:31:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87zjyis0wg.fsf@pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:50:55 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jens Lechtenboerger List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.9 (------) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear all, start of gnus fails, if .newsrc.eld contains a directory group. Steps to reproduce: Create empty directory: mkdir /tmp/foo Start emacs with neither .newsrc nor .newrc.eld nor .nnmail-cache: src/emacs -Q Start gnus: M-x gnus ("No news is good news", which is expected.) Subscribe to /tmp/foo as directory group: G d /tmp/foo That group appears. Hitting space to read messages, I see "Group nndir:/tmp/foo contains no messages", which is expected. Quit gnus: q y Quit emacs. Now .newsrc exists and is empty, and .newsrc.eld exists and is attached. Start emacs again: src/emacs -Q Starting gnus fails: M-x gnus -> Last messages from echo area are (with non-printable characters removed before sending; full error text in 2nd attachment): Reading active file from /tmp/baz via nndir... apply: Wrong number of arguments: #[(&optional server) "=C2=8A =1B=C3=86 !=C2=88*=C3=87 )=C3=88=C2=87" [nnmail-active-file-coding-system nnmail-pathname-coding-system file-name-coding-system nnmail-file-coding-system nnml-active-file nnml-group-alist nnmail-find-file nnmail-get-active t] 2], 2 The same scenario also fails with a non-empty directory: Quit emacs, delete .newsrc and .newsrc.eld. If I copy an e-mail into /tmp/foo before invoking "G d", I see that directory as group and can read the e-mail just fine. After restarting emacs, "M-x gnus" fails with the above error message. Output from "M-x report-emacs-bug" follows. In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of 2013-03-05 on pcwi7557 Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10706000 System Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS Important settings: value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix default enable-multibyte-characters: t Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug sendmail help-mode novice nndir nndraft nnmh nnfolder nnagent nnml network-stream auth-source eieio byte-opt bytecomp byte-compile cconv starttls tls gnus-agent gnus-srvr gnus-score score-mode nnvirtual gnus-msg gnus-art mm-uu mml2015 epg-config mm-view mml-smime smime password-cache dig mailcap nntp gnus-cache gnus-sum nnoo gnus-group gnus-undo nnmail mail-source gnus-start gnus-spec gnus-int gnus-range message format-spec rfc822 mml easymenu mml-sec mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader gnus-win gnus gnus-ems nnheader gnus-util mail-utils mm-util mail-prsvr wid-edit time-date tooltip ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel x-win x-dnd tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment lisp-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote make-network-process dbusbind dynamic-setting system-font-setting font-render-setting move-toolbar gtk x-toolkit x multi-tty emacs) Kind regards Jens Lechtenb=C3=B6rger --=-=-= Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=.newsrc.eld ;; -*- mode:emacs-lisp; coding: utf-8-emacs; -*- ;; Gnus startup file. ;; Never delete this file -- if you want to force Gnus to read the ;; .newsrc file (if you have one), touch .newsrc instead. (setq gnus-newsrc-file-version "Gnus v5.13") (setq gnus-newsrc-last-checked-date '"Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:57:48 +0100") (setq gnus-newsrc-alist '(("nndraft:drafts" 1 nil nil (nndraft "") ((gnus-dummy (gnus-draft-mode)))) ("nndir:/tmp/foo" 3 nil nil (nndir "/tmp/foo" (nndir-directory "/tmp/foo"))))) (setq gnus-server-alist '(("archive" nnfolder "archive" (nnfolder-directory "~/Mail/archive") (nnfolder-active-file "~/Mail/archive/active") (nnfolder-get-new-mail nil) (nnfolder-inhibit-expiry t)))) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/octet-stream Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=nnmail.error Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 YXBwbHk6IFdyb25nIG51bWJlciBvZiBhcmd1bWVudHM6ICNbKCZvcHRpb25hbCBzZXJ2ZXIpICLC iggJGhvDhgwhwogqw4cgFSnDiMKHIiBbbm5tYWlsLWFjdGl2ZS1maWxlLWNvZGluZy1zeXN0ZW0g bm5tYWlsLXBhdGhuYW1lLWNvZGluZy1zeXN0ZW0gZmlsZS1uYW1lLWNvZGluZy1zeXN0ZW0gbm5t YWlsLWZpbGUtY29kaW5nLXN5c3RlbSBubm1sLWFjdGl2ZS1maWxlIG5ubWwtZ3JvdXAtYWxpc3Qg bm5tYWlsLWZpbmQtZmlsZSBubm1haWwtZ2V0LWFjdGl2ZSB0XSAyXSwgMgo= --=-=-=-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 12:00:03 2013 Received: (at 13873) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60910 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCvDd-0005IF-LE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:00:03 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:46540 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UCvDa-0005Hu-CE for 13873@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:59:59 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UCvDD-0002p3-W3; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:59:36 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Jens Lechtenboerger Subject: Re: bug#13873: GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart References: <87zjyis0wg.fsf@pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de> X-Spook: ammunition TELINT Taiwan CIA chameleon man clandestine X-Ran: HF{?*Cj]v_l#^t={mnpWi4A(C@fL7$|9BU7/)V3aEfERU0V?Q-#i]T~H7PC8YKp*^,Rk7! X-Hue: magenta X-Debbugs-No-Ack: yes X-Attribution: GM Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:59:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87zjyis0wg.fsf@pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de> (Jens Lechtenboerger's message of "Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:31:43 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 13873 Cc: 13873@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -7.5 (-------) Thanks for the report. It would be great if you could check if it works in 24.1 and 24.2. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 17:10:22 2013 Received: (at 13873) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2013 22:10:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33172 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD03x-0006Nw-PX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:21 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:57306 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD03v-0006Nn-1K for 13873@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:19 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UD03X-0004tg-3R; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:09:55 -0500 From: Glenn Morris To: Jens Lechtenboerger Subject: Re: bug#13873: GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart References: <87zjyis0wg.fsf@pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de> X-Spook: Juiliett Class Submarine enigma IDEA 64 Vauxhall Cross X-Ran: jPwq~OYHV;7Rd+[Y=sqTWK)hJDoT*$<.gogKHPi2>tMb) (Glenn Morris's message of "Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:59:35 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 13873 Cc: 13873@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -7.5 (-------) Glenn Morris wrote: > It would be great if you could check if it works in 24.1 and 24.2. By experiment, no it does not. So, not necessary to fix this for 24.3. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 17:10:57 2013 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Mar 2013 22:10:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33175 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD04V-0006Og-T2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:56 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:57332 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD04U-0006OZ-G3 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:54 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UD047-00055j-PC for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:31 -0500 Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:10:31 -0500 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 13873 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) found 13873 24.1 found 13873 24.2 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 22:56:42 2013 Received: (at 13873) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2013 03:56:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33445 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD5T8-0007xc-3h for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:56:42 -0500 Received: from mail-hampton.hostforweb.net ([216.246.13.138]:60541 helo=hampton.hostforweb.net) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD5T5-0007xP-F5 for 13873@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:56:40 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:48432 helo=localhost) by hampton.hostforweb.net with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1UD5SZ-001jqq-EO; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:56:07 -0600 Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:56:03 +0900 Message-ID: From: Katsumi Yamaoka To: Glenn Morris Subject: Re: bug#13873: GNU Emacs 24.3.1: Gnus with directory group fails upon restart References: <87zjyis0wg.fsf@pcwi7557.uni-muenster.de> Organization: Emacsen advocacy group X-Face: #kKnN,xUnmKia.'[pp`; Omh}odZK)?7wQSl"4o04=EixTF+V[""w~iNbM9ZL+.b*_CxUmFk B#Fu[*?MZZH@IkN:!"\w%I_zt>[$nm7nQosZ<3eu; B:$Q_:p!',P.c0-_Cy[dz4oIpw0ESA^D*1Lw= L&i*6&( User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCPz8bKEI=?= Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.3.50 (i686-pc-cygwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:rTFsg5NnTSSRD8I7RFn6CacIL6c= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - hampton.hostforweb.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - debbugs.gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jpl.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: hampton.hostforweb.net: acl_c_authenticated_local_user: yamaoka X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: 0.8 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 13873 Cc: Jens Lechtenboerger , 13873@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) Glenn Morris wrote: >> It would be great if you could check if it works in 24.1 and 24.2. > By experiment, no it does not. So, not necessary to fix this for 24.3. It's due to the back end function nndir-request-list that was misconfigured, I think. I've committed the fix in the trunk. In addition to this, I found two unused[1] backend functions nndir-request-newsgroups and nndraft-request-newsgroups; removed. [1] Or ``not implemented yet''(?) From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Mar 05 23:55:03 2013 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Mar 2013 04:55:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33473 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD6NZ-0000pH-F1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:55:03 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:36245 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UD6NW-0000p6-E7 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:54:59 -0500 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UD6N8-000276-4N for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:54:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 23:54:34 -0500 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 13873 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.8 (----) close 13873 24.4 From unknown Sat Jun 21 17:27:29 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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