* 5.0.12 startup barfs if nntp server connection has problems
@ 1995-11-30 11:51 M.N.Oakden
1995-12-01 3:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: M.N.Oakden @ 1995-11-30 11:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I had been happily running 5.0.9, then suddenly this "Variable binding
depth exceeds max-specpdl-size" error appeared at Gnus startup. I
fetched 5.0.12 to check if this still happened with the latest
version, and it did.
Further investigation (starting up tin (ugh!)) gave the response
vo5>gnus-5.0.12 62 % tin -r
tin 1.2 PL2 [UNIX] (c) Copyright 1991-93 Iain Lea.
Connecting to news.liverpool.ac.uk...Connection to news server has timed out. Reconnect? (y/n): y
so apparently, there is a problem with the news server connection
which is handled gracefully by tin, but.. erm... slightly
ungracefully by Gnus 5.0.12
[Backtrace follows ... actually from the 5.0.9 crash, but I can't
imagine it being different in the 5.0.12 crash.]
What's going on here, ... what is making Gnus repeatedly open and
close the server?
Signalling: (error "Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size")
nnheader-init-server-buffer()
nntp-open-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
nntp-open-server-semi-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
nntp-open-server("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-possibly-change-server(nil "news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-close-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-open-server-semi-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
nntp-open-server("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-possibly-change-server(nil "news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-close-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-open-server-semi-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
nntp-open-server("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
.
.
[previous 4 lines repeated 35 times]
.
.
nntp-possibly-change-server(nil "news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-close-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
nntp-open-server-semi-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
nntp-open-server("news.liverpool.ac.uk" nil)
gnus-open-server((nntp "news.liverpool.ac.uk"))
gnus-start-news-server(nil)
gnus(nil)
call-interactively(gnus)
execute-extended-command(nil)
call-interactively(execute-extended-command)
Cheers,
Mark.
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* Re: 5.0.12 startup barfs if nntp server connection has problems
1995-11-30 11:51 5.0.12 startup barfs if nntp server connection has problems M.N.Oakden
@ 1995-12-01 3:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1995-12-01 3:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
"M.N.Oakden" <oakden@hep.ph.liv.ac.uk> writes:
> What's going on here, ... what is making Gnus repeatedly open and
> close the server?
>
> Signalling: (error "Variable binding depth exceeds max-specpdl-size")
> nnheader-init-server-buffer()
> nntp-open-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
> nntp-open-server-semi-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk" "nntp")
> nntp-open-server("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
> nntp-possibly-change-server(nil "news.liverpool.ac.uk")
> nntp-close-server-internal("news.liverpool.ac.uk")
`nntp-close-server' calls `nntp-open-server' which calls
`nntp-close-server' ad nauseam. This has been fixed in Gnus 5.1,
which is included in Emacs 19.30. As has been suggested, I'll
probably be "unbundling" Gnus 5.1 and making it available separately.
--
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