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

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 36903 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36903: 27.0.50; gnus registry vs. debbugs
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:02:47 +0200
Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:
>
>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>
>>> Yeah, I was too hasty with this whole thing. The backtrace you posted
>>> seems to be unrelated to the registry issue I was trying to fix (at
>>> least, I can't immediately see how it could arise from that),
>>
>> FWIW, your fix works for me.
>>
>>> but I'll see if I can reproduce.
>>
>> I can't, but I can if I do
>>
>> (with-eval-after-load 'gnus
>>   (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook #'gnus-group-set-timestamp))

Confirmed. I've bisected my ~/.gnus, and when I comment out the
following line, everything works as expected:

(add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook 'gnus-group-set-timestamp)

> Okay, this is a completely different bug, coincidentally also caused by
> changes I put in! The end of `gnus-group-set-info' tries to manipulate
> `gnus-newsrc-alist', which is nil in the case of debbugs-gnu.
>
> This all resulted from me trying to turn groups into objects, instead of
> lists. If they were objects, we could edit them without having to worry
> about breaking references to them. I can wrap this chunk of code in a
> test to see if `gnus-newsrc-alist' is a list, but... I just wish groups
> could be objects.

Take your time, therte's no rush. I've learned how to mitigate the
problem in my setup.

Best regards, Michael.




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