nnir.el error

[Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>]

Hello,

I just downloaded nnir.el from CVS and tried to run it with swish-e. I
added

 gnus-secondary-select-methods '((nnml ""
                                       (nnml-directory "~/Gnus/Groups/")
                                       (nnml-use-compressed-files t)
                                       (nnir-search-engine swish-e)
                                       (nnir-swish-e-index-files ("/home/nikratio/Gnus/swish-e/index.swish-e"))
                                       (nnir-swish-e-remove-prefix "/home/nikratio/Gnus/swish-e/") )
                                 (nnimap ""
                                         (nnimap-server-address "xxxx")
                                         (nnimap-stream starttls)
                                         (nnir-search-engine imap)))

to my configuration and created the index file. However, when I run G
G in the Group Buffer, this results in

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument arrayp nil)
  aset(nil 0 228)
  (mail-header-set-number novitem art)
  (while (not (null artlist)) (setq art (car artlist)) (or (numberp art) (nnheader-report ... "nnir-retrieve-headers doesn't grok message ids: %s" art)) (setq artitem (nnir-artlist-article nnir-artlist art)) (setq artrsv (nnir-artitem-rsv artitem)) (setq artfullgroup (nnir-artitem-group artitem)) (setq artno (nnir-artitem-number artitem)) (setq artgroup (gnus-group-real-name artfullgroup)) (setq server (nnir-group-server artfullgroup)) (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer) (nnir-possibly-change-server server) (case (setq foo ...) (nov ... ... ...) (headers ... ... ...) (t ...)) (mail-header-set-number novitem art) (mail-header-set-from novitem (mail-header-from novitem)) (mail-header-set-subject novitem (format "[%d: %s/%d] %s" artrsv artgroup artno ...)) (push novitem novdata) (setq artlist (cdr artlist)))
  (let ((artlist ...) (art nil) (artitem nil) (artgroup nil) (artno nil) (artrsv nil) (artfullgroup nil) (novitem nil) (novdata nil) (foo nil) server) (while (not ...) (setq art ...) (or ... ...) (setq artitem ...) (setq artrsv ...) (setq artfullgroup ...) (setq artno ...) (setq artgroup ...) (setq server ...) (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer) (nnir-possibly-change-server server) (case ... ... ... ...) (mail-header-set-number novitem art) (mail-header-set-from novitem ...) (mail-header-set-subject novitem ...) (push novitem novdata) (setq artlist ...)) (setq novdata (nreverse novdata)) (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer) (erase-buffer) (mapcar (quote nnheader-insert-nov) novdata) (quote nov))
  (save-excursion (let (... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... server) (while ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...) (setq novdata ...) (set-buffer nntp-server-buffer) (erase-buffer) (mapcar ... novdata) (quote nov)))
  nnir-retrieve-headers((228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 ...) "((query . \"test\"))" "-ephemeral" nil)
  gnus-retrieve-headers((228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 ...) "nnir:((query . \"test\"))" nil)
  gnus-cache-retrieve-headers((228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 ...) "nnir:((query . \"test\"))" nil)
  gnus-retrieve-headers((228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 ...) "nnir:((query . \"test\"))" nil)
  gnus-fetch-headers((228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 ...))
  gnus-select-newsgroup("nnir:((query . \"test\"))" t nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group-1("nnir:((query . \"test\"))" t t nil nil nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group("nnir:((query . \"test\"))" t t nil nil nil nil)
  gnus-group-read-group(t t "nnir:((query . \"test\"))" nil)
  byte-code("\b	^[Æ\f\nÇÇ\x0e\b$*\x14
" [gnus-large-ephemeral-newsgroup gnus-fetch-old-ephemeral-headers gnus-fetch-old-headers gnus-large-newsgroup number group gnus-group-read-group t select-articles] 5)
  gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group("nnir:((query . \"test\"))" (nnir "") t (#<buffer *Group*> . message) nil)
  (let ((parms nil)) (if extra-parms (setq parms ...) (setq parms ...)) (gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group (concat "nnir:" ...) (quote ...) t (cons ... gnus-current-window-configuration) nil))
  gnus-group-make-nnir-group(nil "test")
* call-interactively(gnus-group-make-nnir-group)

Anyone able to tell what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,
                                         
   --Nikolaus

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