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28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 13:11:54 +0530

I tried this on master (f4dc646e0d7fb673f3149836bb7299fba9539e80).

Gnus was stuck with the error mentioned in subject. So I tried
gnus-no-server. But this also give same error. 

Command => M-x gnus-no-server

Output =>
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
  <=(nil 2)
  gnus-get-unread-articles(2 t)
  gnus-setup-news(nil 2 t)
  #f(compiled-function () #<bytecode -0x19b8027b7c7a8343>)()
  gnus-1(2 t nil)
  gnus(2 t nil)
  gnus-no-server-1(nil nil)
  gnus-no-server(nil)
  funcall-interactively(gnus-no-server nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-no-server record nil)
  command-execute(gnus-no-server record)
  execute-extended-command(nil "gnus-no-server" nil)
  funcall-interactively(execute-extended-command nil "gnus-no-server" nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)
  command-execute(execute-extended-command)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---



In GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin20.5.0, NS appkit-2022.50 Version 11.4 (Build 20F71))
 of 2021-05-26 built on mb2.local
Repository revision: c60d707f2cc62b4cbe7f9c29d6ff9c2ae0277f9b
Repository branch: HEAD
Windowing system distributor 'Apple', version 10.3.2022
System Description:  macOS 11.4

Configured features:
ACL DBUS GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS JPEG JSON LCMS2 LIBXML2 MODULES NOTIFY
KQUEUE NS PDUMPER PNG RSVG THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS XIM ZLIB

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

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
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  electric-pair-mode: t
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  desktop-save-mode: t
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  direnv-mode: t
  TeX-PDF-mode: t
  override-global-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  global-eldoc-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  electric-indent-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-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
  abbrev-mode: t
  hs-minor-mode: t

Load-path shadows:
None found.

Features:
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hashtable-print-readable backquote threads dbusbind kqueue cocoa ns
lcms2 multi-tty make-network-process emacs)

Memory information:
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-- 
Regards,
Pankaj Jangid

Message #10 received at 48664-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: 48664-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: It is working
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 17:26:34 +0530

1. I opened Emacs and Gnus using an old commit
2. Then I checkout out master again and git pulled again
(5a762c946eac106e60bb55d8175b32decdbf7d5e)
3. Built and launched Emacs/Gnus again.

It worked.

Message #15 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: closed (It is working)
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 10:03:25 +0530

Again got the same error message on latest build. So I had to resort to
yesterday’s build. But my suspecion is that this is related to my local
environment. May be some issue in .newsrc.eld. But I am not sure. I’ll
try to isolate the cause and then report.

commit 7f11dea66298c2c9aeccab2b542ee8e73346f09f
(HEAD -> master, origin/master)

Message #18 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Cubizolles <j.cubizolles <at> free.fr>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: closed (It is working)
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 09:54:29 +0200

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> Again got the same error message on latest build. So I had to resort to
> yesterday’s build. But my suspecion is that this is related to my local
> environment. May be some issue in .newsrc.eld. But I am not sure. I’ll
> try to isolate the cause and then report.
>
> commit 7f11dea66298c2c9aeccab2b542ee8e73346f09f
> (HEAD -> master, origin/master)


I'm experiencing the exact same problem with the latest build, even with
emacs -Q.

-- 
Julien Cubizolles

Message #21 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Subject: Re: bug#48664: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 07:27:04 +0200

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
>   <=(nil 2)
>   gnus-get-unread-articles(2 t)

Try loading the uncompiled version of gnus-start.el -- that'll give a
more detailed backtrace.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #24 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 16:23:21 +0530

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

>> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)
>>   <=(nil 2)
>>   gnus-get-unread-articles(2 t)
>
> Try loading the uncompiled version of gnus-start.el -- that'll give a
> more detailed backtrace.

It is a bit inconsistent. Now it is working with the latest commits. And
I am not sure, as of now, which commits have caused it. Tried a few. I
will try the above suggestion if I observe it again.

By any chance could this be related to modus-theme changes. It is
recently upgraded. And the fonts are looking really weird when I load it
from init file. I’ll file a separate bug for this. But why I am saying
this is because I have disabled modus-theme and after that I have not
faced this issue.

Message #27 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Cc: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:38:33 +0200

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> It is a bit inconsistent. Now it is working with the latest commits. And
> I am not sure, as of now, which commits have caused it. Tried a few. I
> will try the above suggestion if I observe it again.

This was a year ago -- are you still seeing these issues in recent Emacs
versions?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Message #32 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:28:20 +0530

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:
>
>> It is a bit inconsistent. Now it is working with the latest commits. And
>> I am not sure, as of now, which commits have caused it. Tried a few. I
>> will try the above suggestion if I observe it again.
>
> This was a year ago -- are you still seeing these issues in recent Emacs
> versions?

This has not occurred again. So we may close this.

Message #35 received at 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Cc: 48664 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#48664: 28.0.50; gnus stuck with error: (wrong-type-argument
 number-or-marker-p nil)
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:38:18 +0200

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> This has not occurred again. So we may close this.

OK; done.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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