Subject: bug#5244: closed (Re: bug#5244: 23.1; Newsticker can't parse most XML feeds)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:21:02 +0000

Your bug report

#5244: 23.1; Newsticker can't parse most XML feeds

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#5244: 23.1; Newsticker can't parse most XML feeds
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:20:08 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

In the absence of further info, I am closing this under the assumption
that it is fixed. If it still happens, please reply with details and we
can reopen this if needed.

You can view the whole report at http://debbugs.gnu.org/BUGNUMBER

Ulf Jasper wrote:

> Works for me (from 2009-12-19, 16:30 MET until now, 2010-01-04, 19:30
> MET)! Maybe the feed contents were screwed and have been fixed in the
> meantime. Could you please set newsticker-retrieval-method back to
> 'intern? Do you have another example?

Subject: 23.1; Newsticker can't parse most XML feeds
From: Richard Lewis <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:33:30 +0000
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

Newsticker.el reports errors when trying to parse most of the feeds I
want to read.

Here's an example backtrace:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument processp 85)
  process-id(85)
  #[(proc) "..." [proc id newsticker--process-ids new-list process-id] 3](85)
  mapc(#[(proc) "..." [proc id newsticker--process-ids new-list process-id] 3] "..." [status-ok newsticker--cache name-symbol newsticker--error-headline name event newsticker--cache-add format "%s: Newsticker could not retrieve news from %s.\nReturn status: `%s'\nCommand was `%s'" format-time-string "%A, %H:%M" current-time "" new 0 nil message "%s: Error while retrieving news from %s" throw oops utf-8 re-search-forward ">[ 	\n]+<" t replace-match "><" "<!DOCTYPE[ 	\n]+rdf:RDF" "<!DOCTYPE rdfColonRDF" search-forward "\n" "\n" "<!DOCTYPE[ 	\n]+rss[    \n]*>" "<!--" "-->" error "Can't find end of comment" "<description>\\(<img.*?\\)</description>" "<description><![CDATA[ \\1 ]]></description>" "\\(<[^>]*\\)=\"\"" "\\1=\" \"" set-buffer-modified-p "encoding=\"\\([^\"]+\\)\"" intern match-string 1 (check-coding-system coding-system) ((coding-system-error ... nil)) decode-coding-region errordata (byte-code "ed\"" [xml-parse-region] 3) ...] 11)
  newsticker--sentinel-work(nil t "Planet Lisp" "url-retrieve" #<buffer  *newsticker-url-Planet Lisp*>)
  newsticker--get-news-by-url-callback(nil "Planet Lisp")
  apply(newsticker--get-news-by-url-callback (nil "Planet Lisp"))
  url-http-activate-callback()
  url-http-content-length-after-change-function(23585 27680 4095)
  url-http-generic-filter(#<process planet.lisp.org> "...")
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)

In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.2)
 of 2009-11-02 on raven, modified by Debian
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10605000
configured using `configure  '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--host=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim' '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS=''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  erc-list-mode: t
  erc-menu-mode: t
  erc-autojoin-mode: t
  erc-ring-mode: t
  erc-networks-mode: t
  erc-pcomplete-mode: t
  erc-track-mode: t
  erc-track-minor-mode: t
  erc-match-mode: t
  erc-button-mode: t
  erc-fill-mode: t
  erc-stamp-mode: t
  erc-netsplit-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  display-battery-mode: t
  jabber-activity-mode: t
  jabber-mode-line-mode: t
  erc-irccontrols-mode: t
  erc-noncommands-mode: t
  erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t
  erc-readonly-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  iswitchb-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <left> <right> <left> <delete> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <delete> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<left> <left> <right> <left> C-SPC <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<right> <right> <right> C-w M-> <return> <return> <return> 
<return> <return> C-y M-v <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <up> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <end> <left> <left> 
. . . <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <right> <right> 
<right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> <right> 
<right> <return> C-x u <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <home> C-SPC <C-down> M-w M-x r e p o <tab> 
r <tab> b u <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
error in process filter: Wrong type argument: processp, 85 [2 times]
Reading [application/xml]... 2k of 2k (101%)
Reading... done.
error in process filter: Wrong type argument: processp, 85 [2 times]
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