GNU bug report logs - #77686
Issue with Gnus' faces

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From: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Issue with Gnus' faces
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:20:58 +0000

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When using Gnus I get a flood of 'Invalid face references' in the
message buffer. i.e.:

Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [4 times]
Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face
Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [11 times]
Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face [2 times]

Harry

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
Cc: 77686 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77686: Issue with Gnus' faces
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:41:17 +0300

> From: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:20:58 +0000
> 
> When using Gnus I get a flood of 'Invalid face references' in the
> message buffer. i.e.:
> 
> Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [4 times]
> Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face
> Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [11 times]
> Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face [2 times]

In what version of Emacs is that?  These faces don't exist since
Emacs 27, so if you are using an older version of Emacs, just
upgrading should fix this.

Or maybe you are using some add-on package which still assumes an old
Gnus, and references these faces although they no longer exist?

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
Cc: 77686-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#77686: Issue with Gnus' faces
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:53:57 +0300

> From: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 12:11:31 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: harrygthompson <at> posteo.net (Harry G. Thompson)
> >> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2025 18:20:58 +0000
> >> 
> >> When using Gnus I get a flood of 'Invalid face references' in the
> >> message buffer. i.e.:
> >> 
> >> Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [4 times]
> >> Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face
> >> Invalid face reference: gnus-summary-high-ancient-face [11 times]
> >> Invalid face reference: gnus-group-mail-2-face [2 times]
> >
> > In what version of Emacs is that?  These faces don't exist since
> > Emacs 27, so if you are using an older version of Emacs, just
> > upgrading should fix this.
> >
> > Or maybe you are using some add-on package which still assumes an old
> > Gnus, and references these faces although they no longer exist?
> 
> This is Emacs 30.1, OpenSUSE's distribution of it to be exact. I'm not
> currently using any add-on for Gnus specifically.
> 
> Perhaps Modus and Ef-Themes are referencing it? Just looking at the Modus
> source code and the faces are included.

Yes, so please report this to the respective developers, as it is not
a bug in Emacs.

Thanks, I'm therefore closing this bug.

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