* pgnus-0.69 hang problem
@ 1999-01-15 14:18 Jeff Murphy
1999-01-15 14:29 ` Colin Rafferty
` (2 more replies)
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From: Jeff Murphy @ 1999-01-15 14:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
pgnus-0.69
XEmacs 20.4 "Emerald" [Lucid] (sparc-sun-solaris2.4) of Fri Feb 27 1998 on grind
(xemacs = binary distribution from xemacs.org)
SunOS smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu 5.6 Generic_105181-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
i decided to try out pgnus-0.69 (currently using gnus-5.6.45) and i've run
into a problem:
it successfully reads my spool and delivers all of my mail to the
various folders (all are nnml folders). i can see the
Wrote /u1/opnstaff/jcmurphy/Mail/blah/1234
messages. however, once all of the mail is sorted and placed in folders,
xemacs goes into a cpu chewing loop. truss doesnt show any system calls
taking place, and the window doesnt refresh. a control-g does successfully
break the loop, but that results in gnus not running.
i switched back to gnus-5.6.45 and it works fine - sorts my mail and
gives me the *Group* buffer.
it doesnt seem related to the number of messages in the spool - i tried it
with ~300 messages and also with only about 5 and both times it went into
the loop.
is there something i can do that might produce a trace of where pgnus is
hanging up?
thx,
jeff
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* Re: pgnus-0.69 hang problem
1999-01-15 14:18 pgnus-0.69 hang problem Jeff Murphy
@ 1999-01-15 14:29 ` Colin Rafferty
1999-01-15 14:38 ` Lee Willis
1999-01-15 15:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Colin Rafferty @ 1999-01-15 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jeff Murphy writes:
> it successfully reads my spool and delivers all of my mail to the
> various folders (all are nnml folders). .... however, once all of the
> mail is sorted and placed in folders, xemacs goes into a cpu chewing
> loop.
> is there something i can do that might produce a trace of where pgnus is
> hanging up?
(setq debug-on-quit t)
Then hit C-g when it feels like it's looping.
--
Colin
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* Re: pgnus-0.69 hang problem
1999-01-15 14:18 pgnus-0.69 hang problem Jeff Murphy
1999-01-15 14:29 ` Colin Rafferty
@ 1999-01-15 14:38 ` Lee Willis
1999-01-15 15:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lee Willis @ 1999-01-15 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jeff Murphy <jcmurphy@smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu> writes:
> i decided to try out pgnus-0.69 (currently using gnus-5.6.45) and i've run
> into a problem:
You've been unlucky, most of the pgnus versions (At least recently) have
been pretty stable but you've hit upon a well known bug I'd guess.
> Wrote /u1/opnstaff/jcmurphy/Mail/blah/1234
> it doesnt seem related to the number of messages in the spool - i tried it
> with ~300 messages and also with only about 5 and both times it went into
> the loop.
Has one of the messages in the spool got a long list of recipients?
This is known to cause a problem with 0.69.
> is there something i can do that might produce a trace of where pgnus is
> hanging up?
Yep, before starting gnus do the following
M-x set-variable RET
debug-on-quit RET
t RET
M-x gnus (or gnus-no-server whichever you use ...)
Hit C-g when Gnus has been hung for a while and you should get a
backtrace which you can mail either here or to bugs@gnus.org
If the top line of the stack trace is something about checking for
duplicates (I can't remember the exact line sorry ...) then it's
probably the same problem a few people have had. It is apparently fixed
in the (Hopefully soon to be released ...) pgnus 0.70
HTH
Lee.
--
I was doing object-oriented assembly at 1 year old ...
For some reason my mom insists on calling it "Playing with blocks"
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* Re: pgnus-0.69 hang problem
1999-01-15 14:18 pgnus-0.69 hang problem Jeff Murphy
1999-01-15 14:29 ` Colin Rafferty
1999-01-15 14:38 ` Lee Willis
@ 1999-01-15 15:17 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1999-01-15 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jeff Murphy <jcmurphy@smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu> writes:
> i switched back to gnus-5.6.45 and it works fine - sorts my mail and
> gives me the *Group* buffer.
Yup. Fix in Pterodactyl Gnus v0.70.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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