Subject: bug#35130: 27.0.50; gnus cannot save

From: Eric Abrahamsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:43:19 -0700

"Basil L. Contovounesios" <[email-masked]> writes:

> James Cloos <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> As of master commit 39c0795ef2d592d4632516ee57f1cf51a2159608 gnus is
>> unable to save.
>>
>> The error (w/ debug-on-error t) is:
>>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
>>   gnus-gnus-to-newsrc-format()
>>   gnus-save-newsrc-file(nil)
>>   gnus-group-save-newsrc(nil)
>>   funcall-interactively(gnus-group-save-newsrc nil)
>>   call-interactively(gnus-group-save-newsrc nil nil)
>>   command-execute(gnus-group-save-newsrc)
>>
>> I also got that error a few times while trying to sort the *Group*
>> buffer, but then that started working.
>>
>> Saving has not started working.
>>
>> At a quick look of the recent history, commits
>> a09306d53ba86b4596219b2be723659f7c0f2669 and
>> a8efdd4c62fbf9c275a57f71cc8a3ca845ad3b1f look relevant.
>
> Could this be related to bug#34983?
> Does the error still occur after a 'make bootstrap'?
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/34983

This sounds more similar to something that Bastien Guerry reported -- I
think it's all part of the same basic error, but probably won't be
solved by a "make bootstrap" (though it can't hurt to try)...

Eric