Subject: bug#36903: 27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:40:44 +0200

Eric Abrahamsen <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi,

>> Okay, I'll make that change in gnus-registry.el, and elsewhere. I'll
>> keep that design goal in mind, though I wouldn't be surprised if we run
>> into more weirdness in this situation where the user's gnus.el has been
>> loaded, but then Gnus itself shut down.
>
> Okay, that's done and pushed.

FWIW, I still get an error running the scenario Michael H. has
given. Emacs compiled after a recent pull. The backtrace is

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Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument consp nil)
  gnus-group-set-info(((timestamp . 1569055022) (quit-config #<buffer *Bugs*> . #<window-configuration>)) "nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" params)
  gnus-group-set-parameter("nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" timestamp 1569055022)
  gnus-group-set-timestamp()
  run-hooks(gnus-select-group-hook)
  apply(run-hooks gnus-select-group-hook)
  gnus-run-hooks(gnus-select-group-hook)
  gnus-summary-read-group-1("nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" t t nil nil nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group("nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" t t nil nil nil nil)
  gnus-group-read-group(t t "nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" nil)
  gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group("nndoc+ephemeral:bug#37474" (nndoc "/tmp/gnus-temp-group-jz0Jgo" (nndoc-article-type mbox)) nil (#<buffer *Bugs*> . #<window-configuration>))
  gnus-read-ephemeral-bug-group((37474) "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=%s;m..." (#<buffer *Bugs*> . #<window-configuration>))
  gnus-read-ephemeral-emacs-bug-group((37474) (#<buffer *Bugs*> . #<window-configuration>))
  debbugs-read-emacs-bug-with-gnus(37474 ((cache_time . 1569055009.0235832) (forwarded) (date . 1569052622) (msgid . "<[email-masked]>") (pending . "pending") (keywords "patch") (blockedby) (source . "unknown") (tags "patch") (location . "db-h") (severity . "normal") (subject . "[PATCH] gnu: libomp: Fix test target.") (archived) (done) (found_versions) (affects) (mergedwith) (last_modified . 1569052622) (found) (package "guix-patches") (unarchived) (originator . "\"Boris A. Dekshteyn\" <[email-masked]>") (fixed_date) (owner) (blocks) (fixed_versions) (log_modified . 1569052622) (bug_num . 37474) (id . 37474) (summary) (fixed) (found_date)) nil)
  debbugs-gnu-select-report()
  funcall-interactively(debbugs-gnu-select-report)
  call-interactively(debbugs-gnu-select-report nil nil)
  command-execute(debbugs-gnu-select-report)
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Best regards, Michael.