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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at 36903 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 36903 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36903: 27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:20:02 +0200

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

> The conclusion is I don't know what to do. Users who have customized
> `gnus-summary-line-format' to draw info from the registry will see an
> error if they start Gnus, stop Gnus, then start debbugs-gnu. That's
> because stopping Gnus clears the registry, but starting debbugs-gnu
> doesn't re-load it (because it doesn't load the users gnus.el file), and
> the summary line format continues trying to access the registry object.

Can't you just make the erroring-out functions return "" or something if
they're called before the registry is loaded?  Or make them initialise
the registry if called when it's not loaded?

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