|--==> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

  LMI> This is with:

  LMI> XEmacs 21.4 (patch 6) "Common Lisp" [Lucid] (i386-debian-linux,
  LMI> Mule) of Sat Apr 6 2002 on eeyore

  LMI> Before running Gnus, `C-h f set-text-properties' returns this:

  LMI> `set-text-properties' is a compiled Lisp function
  LMI>   -- loaded from "/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.6/lisp/text-props.elc"
  LMI> (set-text-properties START END PROPS &optional BUFFER-OR-STRING)

  LMI> After starting Gnus, it says this:

  LMI> Signaling: (void-function set-text-properties)

[...]

A wee test...

XEmacs 21.4 (patch 14) "Reasonable Discussion" [Lucid] (i586-pc-linux,
Mule) of Sun Dec 21 2003 on eicq 

$ xemacs -vanilla

(describe-function 'set-text-properties)
 => `set-text-properties' is a compiled Lisp function
  -- loaded from "/usr/local/src/xemacs/lisp/text-props.elc"
(set-text-properties START END PROPS &optional BUFFER-OR-STRING)

(load-user-init-file)
 => nil

(describe-function 'set-text-properties)
 => `set-text-properties' is a compiled Lisp function
  -- loaded from "/usr/local/src/xemacs/lisp/text-props.elc"
(set-text-properties START END PROPS &optional BUFFER-OR-STRING)

(gnus)
 => #<network connection "nntpd" ("nntp" . "localhost") state:run>

C-h f set-text-properties RET
 => `set-text-properties' is a compiled Lisp function
  -- loaded from "/usr/local/src/xemacs/lisp/text-props.elc"
(set-text-properties START END PROPS &optional BUFFER-OR-STRING)

q

(describe-function 'set-text-properties)
 => `set-text-properties' is a compiled Lisp function
  -- loaded from "/usr/local/src/xemacs/lisp/text-props.elc"
(set-text-properties START END PROPS &optional BUFFER-OR-STRING)


  LMI> It's pretty bizarre...

Truly.  Perhaps update your XEmacs?

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