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GNU Emacs 20.7.2
Oort Gnus v0.03 CVS as of 2001-04-21

Gnus generates this backtrace on a fresh installation, ie no .newsrc or
.newsrc.eld:

Signaling: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  string-match("^\\([^ ]+\\)? ?Gnus v?\\([0-9.]+\\)$" nil)
  gnus-continuum-version(nil)
  gnus-read-newsrc-el-file("/home/rmh/.newsrc.el")
  gnus-read-newsrc-file(nil)
  gnus-setup-news(nil nil nil)
  byte-code("=84=0E=00	=84=0E=00=81=C6 =88=82O=00=81=C7=81=C8!=88=81=C9\n!=
=13\f=84=1E=00=0D=83!=00=81=CA =88=0E=19=83.=00=81=CB =88=81=CC=81=CD=81=CE=
\"=88=81=CF=81=D0=0E=1A#=88=81=C7=81=D1!=88=81=D2 =88=81=D3=0E=1A!=88=81=
=D4 =88=81=D5=81=D6!=88=81=D7 =88=81=C7=81=D8!=88=81=D0=87" [dont-connect d=
id-connect gnus-startup-file gnus-current-startup-file gnus-slave gnus-use-=
dribble-file gnus-group-quit gnus-run-hooks gnus-startup-hook gnus-make-new=
src-file gnus-dribble-read-file bbb-login add-hook gnus-summary-mode-hook g=
nus-grouplens-mode gnus-setup-news nil gnus-setup-news-hook gnus-start-draf=
t-setup gnus-group-list-groups gnus-group-first-unread-group gnus-configure=
-windows group gnus-group-set-mode-line gnus-started-hook gnus-use-grouplen=
s level] 4)
  gnus-1(nil nil nil)
  gnus(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command)

After the files are created with 5.8.8, Oort behaves.