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Subject: Re: Problem with SOUP packing files
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Eze Ogwuma <zcaceog@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> I'm using SOUP to transfer stuff between machines. Each time I've used 
> G-s-p to pack the SOUP files on the server, Gnus has exited with the 
> message "Couldn't pack packet". A tgz file has been left in my home 
> directory but the files in ~/SoupBrew are not deleted.

This means that the packing shell command is not returning 0, for some
reason:

    (if (zerop (call-process shell-file-name
			     nil nil nil shell-command-switch 
			     (concat "cd " dir " ; " packer)))
	(progn
	  (call-process shell-file-name nil nil nil shell-command-switch 
			(concat "cd " dir " ; rm " files))
	  (gnus-message 4 "Packing...done" packer))
      (error "Couldn't pack packet."))))

Perhaps you use a wonky shell?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen