From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/48001 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Can't start CVS gnus. Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 08:22:14 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <844r9v7ejd.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> References: <20021125001354.GA3203@merlin.emma.line.org> <87znryo4io.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <8465umum9v.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <84hee0jyqo.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <84d6onars7.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <8465ucsvix.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1038903727 24494 80.91.224.249 (3 Dec 2002 08:22:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:22:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18J8Jg-0006Mm-00 for ; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 09:22:04 +0100 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 18J8Ka-0002ch-00; Tue, 03 Dec 2002 02:23:00 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 03 Dec 2002 02:23:49 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA13989 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 02:23:30 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 11146 invoked by alias); 3 Dec 2002 08:22:35 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 11141 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2002 08:22:34 -0000 Original-Received: from perikles.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (134.91.35.3) by gnus.org with SMTP; 3 Dec 2002 08:22:34 -0000 Original-Received: from lucy.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (postfix@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de [134.91.35.216]) by perikles.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id gB38M5Lk099855; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 09:22:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by lucy.informatik.uni-duisburg.de (Postfix, from userid 1003) id CE01B43ADF; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:22:14 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Matthias Andree In-Reply-To: (Matthias Andree's message of "Mon, 02 Dec 2002 21:10:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:48001 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:48001 Matthias Andree writes: > kai.grossjohann@uni-duisburg.de (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes: > >> Matthias Andree writes: >> >>> Nonetheless, it'd be useful if Gnus figured when mm-util for one was >>> outdated and forced a reload of the version that shipped with it. >> >> I feel uneasy about that suggestion, but Gnus could print a warning >> for sure. >> >> How does one find out whether one is using the `wrong' mm-foo? > > Looking at the initial post of this thread: > > | 1. it cannot find mm-guess-mime-charset, claims the function's > | definition was void. Thanks! I've concocted the following patch: --- gnus.el.~6.125.~ 2002-12-02 14:02:09.000000000 +0100 +++ gnus.el 2002-12-03 08:21:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ (require 'wid-edit) (require 'mm-util) =20 +;; Make sure it was the right mm-util. +(unless (fboundp 'mm-guess-mime-charset) + (error "Wrong `mm-util' found in `load-path'. Make sure the Gnus one is= found first.")) + (defgroup gnus nil "The coffee-brewing, all singing, all dancing, kitchen sink newsreader." :group 'news What do you think? --=20 ~/.signature is: umop ap!sdn (Frank Nobis)