GNU bug report logs - #31978
26.1.50; "s" in gnus *Group* error: "eieio-override-prin1: Apparently circular structure being printed"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Tromey <tom <at> tromey.com>

Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 14:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 36149

Found in versions 26.1, 26.1.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31978: 26.1.50;
 "s" in gnus *Group* error: "eieio-override-prin1: Apparently circular
 structure being printed"
Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 12:50:48 -0700
Tim Landscheidt <tim <at> tim-landscheidt.de> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
>
>>> I am using Gnus in Emacs 26.
>
>> Would you mind cherry-picking or otherwise applying the patch in
>> ffbb4e8d54, and see if that solves the problem? I think it probably
>> will.
>
> As I ran into this issue today (with Emacs 26.1): To apply
> the patch, is it sufficient to redefine
> eieio-persistent-validate/fix-slot-value in the running in-
> stance, or do I need to do something more?

That would suffice, but it wouldn't guarantee that the fix was available
next time you start Emacs. For that, you'd want to make sure that the
code was changed in your Emacs codebase, and then run "make" or
otherwise ensure it was compiled in. Depends on how you run Emacs.





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