GNU bug report logs - #36903
27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 07:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 36903 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36903: 27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2019 19:59:17 +0200

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Lars, `gnus-clear-system' explicitly refrains from unsetting
> `gnus-format-specs'. So if you start and stop Gnus, then start
> debbugs-gnu, the user's customized format specs are still in place, and
> may end up calling functions that depend on ~/.gnus.el setup stuff, and
> raising errors.
>
> Could `gnus-clear-system' also clear format specs? Obviously that
> omission went in there for a reason, but I don't know what. Alternately,
> could debbugs reset the specs when it starts?

Hm.  I have no idea why gnus-format-specs isn't cleared.  The changelog
says, helpfully enough:

    * gnus-start.el (gnus-read-newsrc-file): Don't clear
    gnus-format-specs.


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