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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Gro=DFjohann) writes:

> Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org> writes:
>
>> The functions gnus-clear-system and gnus-read-newsrc-file do:
>>
>> (delete 'gnus-format-specs gnus-variable-list)
>>
>> Maybe they need to use copy-sequence.
>
> ... or remove instead of delete ...
>
> Is anyone willing to try this?

Bingo!  Yep, replacing delete with remove fixes the problem:
`gnus-format-specs' is saved in .newsrc.eld and the byte-compiled
version is saved if you run `gnus-compile'.