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28.0.50; gnus error in 28

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: Vincent Zhang <seagle0128 <at> gmail.com>, 38758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38758: 28.0.50; gnus error in 28
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 01:51:57 +0100

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

> Vincent Zhang <seagle0128 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
>>   <=(nil 6)
>>   gnus-get-unread-articles(nil nil)
>>   gnus-setup-news(nil nil nil)
>>   #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode 0x1ff08dde5bdd>)()
>>   gnus-1(nil nil nil)
>>   gnus(nil)
>
> This happens when the variable `gnus-group-list-mode' is nil, which it
> shouldn't be. Nothing has touched that variable any time recently -- can
> you do some poking around and figure out why it's nil?

No, this was due to the recent gnus-start.el changes, and it should now
be fixed on both Emacs 27 and the trunk.

There may be extra nil entries in the start of gnus-newsrc-alist in
.newsrc.eld -- if there are, delete them.

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