Problems w/ rgnus-0.49 and tm-7.89 (was Re: Feedback on new Customization)

[Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu>]

Raja R Harinath <harinath@cs.umn.edu> writes:
> I have other problems with custom.  It looks like `defcustom' doesn't
> work when loaded from `.emacs'.
> 
> I have a `gnus-no-server' in my `.emacs', and it immediately starts
> complaining.  Basically, the problem is that `defcustom' symbols aren't
> being bound.  When I do a `load-library' on the appropriate file, things
> work fine.
> 
> A case to point, I have `gnus-use-grouplens', which makes Gnus load
> `gnus-gl', which requires `gnus-score', which uses `gnus-read-mark'.
> This hiccups, since `gnus-read-mark' isn't bound.  I check the
> `features', and, yes `gnus-sum' (where `gnus-read-mark' is declared) has
> been loaded.  I do M-x load-library gnus-sum, and restart gnus.  It
> passes that point, hits `gnus-article-save-directory', and dies.  Well,
> I check features: `gnus-art' is loaded too.  I do M-x load-library
> gnus-art, restart gnus, and all works well.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

A bit of snooping told me this:  I use tm-7.89, which includes
`gnus-mime.el'.  gnus-mime checks if `gnus-load' has been loaded (as a
test for Red Gnus), and if it is absent, it "helpfully" provides the
features gnus-sum and gnus-art, thus preventing the loading of the
actual files later.  And rgnus-0.49 does away with `gnus-load'.

- Hari

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