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Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

> ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:
>
>> You can get around the problem with (setq gnus-use-byte-compile nil).
>> If it works, probably there is a bug in the XEmacs byte-compile code.
>
> A much better workaround that appears to be equally effective is to add:
>
> ;; Work around a bug in XEmacs 21.4 with the latest version of Gnus.  Loading
> ;; of byte-optimize when mail splitting starts can cause XEmacs to segfault.
> (require 'byte-optimize)
>
> to your .gnus or equivalent thereof.

Aha!  That did the trick!  (the require of byte-optimize)

As to why this started to be a problem for me in only recent Gnus
versions is still a mystery ... but all's well that ends well, and
so the reason for this mystery is now pretty much a moot point.


Thank you very much.

> Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
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