GNU bug report logs - #5656
23.1; nntp-marks-file-name is reset to nil and causes "IO error reading [...]: Is a directory"

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Reported by: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi>

Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:48:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 5656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 5656 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5656: 23.1;
	nntp-marks-file-name is reset to nil and causes "IO error reading
	[...]: Is a directory"
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:27:11 +0200

* 2010-02-28 11:55 (+0100), Andreas Schwab wrote:

> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen <at> iki.fi> writes:
>> So there's a bug somewhere. Who is setting nntp-marks-file-name to
>> nil and why?
>
> nntp-marks-file-name is a backend variable.  Look in
> nnoo-definition-alist whether it is modified by some backend.

In nnoo-definition-alist there is this:

    (nntp nil
          (...
           (nntp-marks-file-name . ".marks")
           ...))

The variable is not mentioned in any other parts of
nnoo-definition-alist. Still nntp-marks-file-name gets set to nil and I
get the error unless I use the work-around hook which I described in the
original report.
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