Re: PATCH II (for testing only): [Bug, Debian(?)] "g" goes not

[Mark Plaksin <happy@mcplaksin.org>]

Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:

> Mark Plaksin <happy@mcplaksin.org> writes:
>
>> Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com> writes:
>>
>>> Mark Plaksin <happy@mcplaksin.org> writes:
>>>
>>>> Marcus Frings <iam-est-hora-surgere@despammed.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> By the way, this is also a bug on my FreeBSD system. Both on Debian and
>>>>> FreeBSD I use GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (and `g' fails on all systems) but on two
>>>>> different Windoze boxes I use a CVS Emacs (and there `g' works without
>>>>> any problems). So the new code seems to work for CVS Emacs but fails on
>>>>> the current stable Emacs. Can this really be Emacs-specific?
>>>>
>>>> I have the problem with both CVS Emacs and the wonderful multi-tty
>>>> (http://lorentey.web.elte.hu/project/emacs.html) Emacs which is CVS
>>>> Emacs plus patches.
>>>
>>> This patch should be applied to rev 7.8 (CVS head) of gnus-start.el.
>>> Please let me know what the outcome is.  Finally, if this doesn't
>>> help, please revert to CVS head.
>>
>> Thanks for the patch!
>>
>> It doesn't change the behavior for me.  Testing this I was also
>> reminded that the problem affects my nnvirtual groups too.
>>
>> After patching, I exited Emacs, started up again, started Gnus (which
>> automatically checks groups at level 1), and then did 5 G.  Gnus
>> checked all groups at level 4 and below but no groups at level 5.  I
>> have both nnimap and nnvirtual groups at level 5.  As before, going to
>> the top topic and hitting ESC g (i.e., ESC < ESC g) checks all groups at
>> all levels.
>
> Well, I tried being a little smarter and did learn one fact.  The code
> that Lars patched in gnus-start and that I re-patched in my previous
> patch is never used when you do ESC < ESC g as you described.
>
> That would appear to indicate that your problems are being caused by
> the rather innocuous addition of two inline declarations in gnus.el.
> If so, the problem is more of an emacs bug that gnus, which would help
> explain why it is only seen on certain platforms.
>
> All right, enough talk.  Here's the patch for gnus.el.  As before,
> apply it to the current revision of gnus.el.  What is different is
> that you MUST delete all *.elc files before compiling gnus.  The
> reason is that gnus-secondary-method-p is an inline function (a
> defsubst) which, like a macro, is expanded at compilation time.

Same results with this patch.  Can I provide more information or help
in some other way?