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27.0.50; gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument

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From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:03:24 -0500

I'm trying to start using gnus and perhaps ran into a bug. I'm trying to
view the emacs-devel mailing list through gnus, for starters.

From emacs -q, built from the latest git master (commit
03e916beb0186f3707cd238650298870bf471575):

(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nntp "gnus.user" (nntp-address "news.gmane.org")))

M-x gnus

A A (gnus-group-list-active)

C-s emacs.devel C-s

RET (gnus-group-select-group)

produces:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (827 . 234690))
  symbol-name((827 . 234690))
  gnus-group-group-name()
  redisplay_internal\ \(C\ function\)()
  redisplay()
  sit-for(2)
  execute-extended-command(nil "toggle-debug-on-error" "toggle-debug-on-error")
  funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "toggle-debug-on-error" "toggle-debug-on-error")
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)


In GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.5)
 of 2019-03-24 built on localhost
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11906000
System Description: NixOS 18.09.2375.680f9d7ea90 (Jellyfish)

Configured features:
XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND DBUS GSETTINGS GLIB NOTIFY INOTIFY
LIBSELINUX GNUTLS LIBXML2 FREETYPE M17N_FLT LIBOTF XFT ZLIB
TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 XDBE XIM MODULES THREADS LIBSYSTEMD JSON
PDUMPER GMP

Important settings:
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Message #8 received at 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34981: 27.0.50;
 gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 16:46:57 -0700

Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I'm trying to start using gnus and perhaps ran into a bug. I'm trying to
> view the emacs-devel mailing list through gnus, for starters.
>
> From emacs -q, built from the latest git master (commit
> 03e916beb0186f3707cd238650298870bf471575):
>
> (setq gnus-select-method
>       '(nntp "gnus.user" (nntp-address "news.gmane.org")))
>
> M-x gnus
>
> A A (gnus-group-list-active)

Thanks for this report, I messed with Gnus recently and am now putting
out fires. This is a new error for me, and I'll try to fix it tonight.

Message #11 received at 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34981: 27.0.50;
 gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 17:20:21 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

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

> Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to start using gnus and perhaps ran into a bug. I'm trying to
>> view the emacs-devel mailing list through gnus, for starters.
>>
>> From emacs -q, built from the latest git master (commit
>> 03e916beb0186f3707cd238650298870bf471575):
>>
>> (setq gnus-select-method
>>       '(nntp "gnus.user" (nntp-address "news.gmane.org")))
>>
>> M-x gnus
>>
>> A A (gnus-group-list-active)
>
> Thanks for this report, I messed with Gnus recently and am now putting
> out fires. This is a new error for me, and I'll try to fix it tonight.

Actually, here's a patch -- will you please try this out?

[gnus-active-fix.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #14 received at 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Branham <branham <at> utexas.edu>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 34981 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#34981: 27.0.50;
 gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:25:10 -0500

>> Thanks for this report, I messed with Gnus recently and am now putting
>> out fires. This is a new error for me, and I'll try to fix it tonight.
>
> Actually, here's a patch -- will you please try this out?

Thanks, that seems to fix it for me. 

Alex

Message #19 received at 34981-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Branham <branham <at> utexas.edu>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 34981-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34981: 27.0.50;
 gnus-group-select-group errors with wrong type argument
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 21:16:17 -0500

On Mon 25 Mar 2019 at 12:25, Alex Branham <branham <at> utexas.edu> wrote:

>>> Thanks for this report, I messed with Gnus recently and am now putting
>>> out fires. This is a new error for me, and I'll try to fix it tonight.
>>
>> Actually, here's a patch -- will you please try this out?
>
> Thanks, that seems to fix it for me. 

I see the fixes were applied to master, thanks. Closing this bug report.

Alex

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