From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66411 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Tracing changes of a variable's value? `nntp-marks-is-evil' Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:57:46 +0100 Message-ID: Reply-To: Reiner Steib NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204379960 14884 80.91.229.12 (1 Mar 2008 13:59:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:59:20 +0000 (UTC) To: , Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 01 14:59:45 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JVSFd-00039J-4g for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:59:45 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVSF6-0002Gi-Ci for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:59:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVSEH-00027f-2c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:58:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVSEB-00025p-D1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:58:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVSEA-00024x-5L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:58:14 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.uni-ulm.de ([134.60.1.11]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVSE9-00006Z-C2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:58:13 -0500 Original-Received: from bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de (bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de [134.60.41.37]) by mail.uni-ulm.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m21DwB9g024387; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 14:58:11 +0100 (MET) Original-Received: from localhost (bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de [134.60.41.37]) by bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 408F112FC1; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 14:58:11 +0100 (CET) X-Face: /U7=m^"/-Dn61mAl{g9e3>\G5Tp,oEX|V)g2I1hBk\ML; )7A?6cmB-y7y?'NA^J<=oz7syB =(McAwIHgLX!.B?R3X}98d@?>CrT094KLWh]WU4gDpnL/")MS(XoQTv`Oq225uL>+; CpPXo$N5e>N> $tPd-gbB^F{gQS#1ase]XO~D4p4M"3+F-7~u]dy3I?Pb8RO*H-EFeWDUf?Rf, d]pv\Jvh2Cht!A=im yKAS2Z%Ao^;}W/qzMvMm Mail-Followup-To: , User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1.90 (gnu/linux) X-DCC-Rhyolite-Metrics: poseidon 104; Body=2 Fuz1=2 Fuz2=2 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90990 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:66411 Archived-At: Hi, I have set the Gnus server variable `nntp-marks-is-evil' set to t (default is nil). Occasionally, e.g. when there are network problems, after hitting `C-g', this variable changes to nil and I get errors (see blow: [1]). I don't know why the variable's value is changed. Is the any way to produce a backtrace when a variable changes? I run Emacs under gdb, if that is relevant. [1] --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- [Hitting `C-g'...] Quit [Hitting `g' in Gnus ...] Checking new news... Creating nntp marks directory ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.bar/ Updating marks for foo.bar... Error reading nntp marks file ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.bar/ ((error IO error reading ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.bar/: Is a directory)). Continuing will use marks from .newsrc.eld. Continue? (y or n) Updating marks for foo.bar...done Creating nntp marks directory ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.test/ Updating marks for foo.test... Error reading nntp marks file ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.test/ ((error IO error reading ~/News/marks/localhost/foo.test/: Is a directory)). Continuing will use marks from .newsrc.eld. Continue? (y or n) Quit [M-x rs-toggle-variable RET nntp-marks-is-evil RET ...] `nntp-marks-is-evil' set to `t' Checking new news... [Everything fine again ...] --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/