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Subject: Re: problem in `nnheader-report'?
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Colin Walters <walters@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:

> In CVS, there seems to be a problem with either the function
> `nnheader-report', or some of the calls to it in
> `nntp-retrieve-groups'.  For example, the code:
> 
> (unless (gnus-buffer-live-p buf)
> 	  (error
> 	   (nnheader-report 'nntp "Connection to %s is closed." server)))
> 
> in nntp.el seems to expect nnheader-report to return a string, but it
> currently always returns nil.  So here's a patch which should make it
> return the string.  I'm not sure if this is the correct fix or not,
> but it seems to work.

It's my fault for adding these error codes. Actually, nnheader-report
should always return nil, because most backends use nnheader-report to
return nil.  I'll install a patch in minutes.

ShengHuo