GNU bug report logs - #21538
nndoc of bad gz prevents gnus starting

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>

Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 11:16:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
Cc: 21538 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21538: nndoc of bad gz prevents gnus starting
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 22:28:43 +0100
Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au> writes:

> I wonder if nndoc-possibly-change-buffer could trap errors around its
> insert-file-contents.  jka-compr opens a window about the gzip problem
> which would be ok, and gnus could treat the group as unselectable or
> something.

I've now added error handling around the insert-file-contents call on
the Emacs master.

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