Re: gnus-sync-save fails with "wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p"

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:07:30 +0100 Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no> wrote: 

>>>>>> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>:
>> I'm at a conference so I can't do the code fix properly, but I think
>> if you try the attached patch it will fix the issue.

SB> Unfortunately it didn't.  I still get
SB>  Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, "8-54ce40d61d4b92eda3bffb29c6e0b1c6"
SB> on `gnus-sync-save'.

SB> Here's what I did:
SB>  1. Save the attachment to /tmp/sync-junk.patch
SB>  2. Apply the patch:
#+begin_src sh
  cd git/gnus
  git apply /tmp/sync-junk.patch
#+end_src
SB>  3. Rebuild gnus:
#+begin_src sh
  (cd ~/git/gnus; make clean; make; cd lisp; make tags)
#+end_src
SB>  4. Start a new Emacs with a new Gnus
SB>  5. Run `gnus-sync-read', followed by `g'
SB>  6. Visit a gmane group to make things dirty
SB>  7. Run `gnus-sync-save'. and the issue occurs:
#+begin_example
  Wrong type argument: number-or-marker-p, "8-54ce40d61d4b92eda3bffb29c6e0b1c6"
#+end_example

The stack trace you sent me was not complete (because of the default
Emacs behavior, which in this case doesn't help), I need to know your
data and the full invocation.  Do

(setq print-level nil
      print-length nil)

and then redo that error and send me the full backtrace (it will have
all your sync data, I think).  It seems like gnus-sync.el has allowed
some CouchDB parameters to creep into the newsrc, which is causing your
problem.  A quick fix, after you've prepped the backtrace, is to exit
Gnus, back up and then edit your newsrc.eld to remove the paired cons
list that matches the error string above.  It will probably look like
(deleted_conflicts "8-54ce40d61d4b92eda3bffb29c6e0b1c6")

I'll try to get this resolved with you quickly but until Tuesday next
week I'll be travelling; I apologize in advance for the slow responses.

Thanks
Ted