sgnus 0.73 won't byte-compile

sgnus 0.73 won't byte-compile

[Jon Kvebaek]

Basically, I get loads off errors when i try make, all of the same type:

While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-cache.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-cite.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))
Loading /u1/cs4/ceejok/.custom.el...
Wrote /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-cus.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-demon.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-edit.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-ems.el:
  ** reference to free variable gnus-hidden-properties
  ** reference to free variable gnus-check-before-posting
  ** assignment to free variable gnus-check-before-posting
  ** reference to free variable gnus-mouse-face
While compiling the end of the data:
  ** The following functions are not known to be defined: 
    chars-in-string, x-display-grayscale-p, truncate-string
Wrote /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-ems.elc
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-gl.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))
While compiling toplevel forms in file /u1/cs4/ceejok/sgnus-0.73/lisp/gnus-kill.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("#"))

ad infinitum...

This is under emacs 19.27.1.

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Jon Kvebaek                               ceejok@cee.hw.ac.uk   
Heriot-Watt University                    http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceejok
Edinburgh, Scotland

Re: sgnus 0.73 won't byte-compile

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On Tue, 16 Apr 96 13:55 BST, ceejok@cee.hw.ac.uk (Jon Kvebaek)
>>>>> said:

  Jon> This is under emacs 19.27.1.

Upgrade to 19.30.  Sgnus won't work with anything less than that.

kai
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