Problems starting Oort Gnus 0.13

Problems starting Oort Gnus 0.13

[Jeffery B. Rancier]

Hello All.

First of all, I'm running GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) of
2002-03-19 on buffy on Windows XP Pro.  

The error which *appeared* to prevent me from running it was:

Reading h:/HOME/JRANCIER/.newsrc.eld...
gnus-read-newsrc-file: Symbol's value as variable is void: gnus-default-format-specs

I had to revert back to 5.9.0
after installing (obviously to send this).  

Here's the steps I took (Gnus was not running):

1. Installed into /emacs-21.2/site-lisp/ognus-0.13/*
2. Within Cygwin bash, I ran ./configure and make.
3. Added Ognus-0.13 to my load-path.
4. Restarted Emacs.
5. Ran gnus-other-frame.

It appears that the Gnus within the Emacs tarball was loading, but
after failing, the Oort Gnus 0.13 displayed as the version.  Here's
the contents of the messages buffer when attempting to load:

,----[ messages.txt ]
| Loading gnus...
| TinyPath: load time wid-edit 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-ems (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-ems.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-ems.elc" (2213 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-ems [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-ems
| TinyPath: load time gnus-ems 2sec
| Loading gnus...done
| Loading gnus-start...
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-win (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-win.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-win.elc" (2267 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-win [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-win.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-win
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-win 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-int (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-int.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-int.elc" (2219 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-int [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-int.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-int
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-spec (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-spec.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-spec.elc" (2249 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-spec [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-spec.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-spec
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-range (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-range.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-range.elc" (2239 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-range [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-range.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-range
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time message 0sec
| Loading gnus-start...done
| Preparing diary...
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY .gnus (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.elc.gz
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.el
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.el.gz
| TinyPath: cache hit: .gnus []
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY .gnus (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.elc.gz
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.el
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. .gnus.el.gz
| TinyPath: cache hit: .gnus []
| Loading gnus-agent...
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-cache (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-cache.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-cache.elc" (2199 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-cache [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-cache.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-cache
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-start 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-cache 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nnvirtual (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nnvirtual.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nnvirtual.elc" (2353 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nnvirtual [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nnvirtual.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nnvirtual
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nntp (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nntp.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nntp.elc" (2349 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nntp [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nntp.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nntp
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nnoo (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nnoo.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nnoo.elc" (2341 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nnoo [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nnoo.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nnoo
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnoo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nntp 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnoo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-start 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-sum (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-sum.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-sum.elc" (2255 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-sum [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-sum
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-group (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-group.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-group.elc" (2217 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-group [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-group.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-group
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-start 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nnmail (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nnmail.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nnmail.elc" (2333 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nnmail [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nnmail.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nnmail
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time message 0sec
| TinyPath: load time custom 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY mail-source (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. mail-source.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("mail-source.elc" (2283 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: mail-source [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/mail-source.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit mail-source
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY format-spec (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. format-spec.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("format-spec.elc" (2180 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: format-spec [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/format-spec.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit format-spec
| TinyPath: load time format-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mail-source 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnmail 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-win 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-undo (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-undo.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-undo.elc" (2259 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-undo [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-undo.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-undo
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time custom 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-undo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time time-date 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-group 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-undo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-decode 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnoo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-sum 1sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-msg (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-msg.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-msg.elc" (2233 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-msg [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-msg.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-msg
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-ems 0sec
| TinyPath: load time message 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-art (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-art.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-art.elc" (2191 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-art [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-art.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-art
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-sum 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-bodies 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mail-parse 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-decode 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY mm-view (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. mm-view.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("mm-view.elc" (2303 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: mm-view [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/mm-view.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit mm-view
| TinyPath: load time mail-parse 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mailcap 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-bodies 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-decode 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-view 0sec
| TinyPath: load time wid-edit 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY mm-uu (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. mm-uu.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("mm-uu.elc" (2301 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: mm-uu [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit mm-uu
| TinyPath: load time mail-parse 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-decode 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mailcap 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY uudecode (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. uudecode.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("uudecode.elc" (2408 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: uudecode [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/uudecode.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit uudecode
| TinyPath: load time uudecode 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY binhex (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. binhex.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("binhex.elc" (2162 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: binhex [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/binhex.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit binhex
| TinyPath: load time binhex 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-uu 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-art 1sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-msg 1sec
| TinyPath: load time nnvirtual 2sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-sum 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-score (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-score.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-score.elc" (2243 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-score [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-score.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-score
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-sum 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time message 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY score-mode (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. score-mode.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("score-mode.elc" (2389 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: score-mode [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/score-mode.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit score-mode
| TinyPath: load time mm-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time score-mode 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-score 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY gnus-srvr (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. gnus-srvr.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-srvr.elc" (2251 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-srvr [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-srvr.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit gnus-srvr
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-spec 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-group 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-int 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-range 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-srvr 0sec
| Loading gnus-agent...done
| TinyPath: load time nntp 0sec
| Loading bbdb-gnus...
| TinyPath: load time bbdb 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY bbdb-snarf (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. bbdb-snarf.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("bbdb-snarf.elc" (1016 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/site-lisp/bbdb-2.34/lisp/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: bbdb-snarf [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/site-lisp/bbdb-2.34/lisp/bbdb-snarf.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit bbdb-snarf
| TinyPath: load time bbdb 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY bbdb-com (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. bbdb-com.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("bbdb-com.elc" (993 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/site-lisp/bbdb-2.34/lisp/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: bbdb-com [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/site-lisp/bbdb-2.34/lisp/bbdb-com.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit bbdb-com
| TinyPath: load time bbdb 0sec
| TinyPath: load time cl 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY mailabbrev (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. mailabbrev.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("mailabbrev.elc" (1982 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/mail/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: mailabbrev [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice locate-library) Cache hit mailabbrev => c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/mail/mailabbrev.elc
| TinyPath: load time mailabbrev 0sec
| TinyPath: load time bbdb-com 0sec
| TinyPath: load time rfc822 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY mail-extr (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. mail-extr.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("mail-extr.elc" (1976 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/mail/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: mail-extr [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/mail/mail-extr.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit mail-extr
| TinyPath: load time mail-extr 1sec
| TinyPath: load time bbdb-snarf 1sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus 0sec
| TinyPath: load time bbdb-com 0sec
| TinyPath: load time rfc822 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-win 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-sum 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-art 0sec
| Loading bbdb-gnus...done
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nndraft (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nndraft.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nndraft.elc" (2317 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nndraft [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nndraft.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nndraft
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnmail 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-start 0sec
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ENTRY nnmh (".elc" ".elc.gz" ".el" ".el.gz")
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new trying.. nnmh.elc
| TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("nnmh.elc" (2337 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
| TinyPath: cache hit: nnmh [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/nnmh.elc]
| TinyPath: (advice require) Cache hit nnmh
| TinyPath: load time nnheader 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnmail 0sec
| TinyPath: load time gnus-start 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnoo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnmh 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnoo 0sec
| TinyPath: load time mm-util 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nndraft 0sec
| TinyPath: load time nnmail 0sec
| Reading h:/HOME/JRANCIER/.newsrc.eld...
| gnus-read-newsrc-file: Symbol's value as variable is void: gnus-default-format-specs
`----

Any help would be appreciated.

-- 

Thanks,
Jeff
,----
| Jeffery B. Rancier
| 
| Softechnics
| a METTLER TOLEDO company
`----

Re: Problems starting Oort Gnus 0.13

[Jesper Harder]

jeff.rancier@softechnics.com (Jeffery B. Rancier) writes:

> The error which *appeared* to prevent me from running it was:
>
> Reading h:/HOME/JRANCIER/.newsrc.eld...
> gnus-read-newsrc-file: Symbol's value as variable is void: gnus-default-format-specs
>
> It appears that the Gnus within the Emacs tarball was loading

Yes, it does.  Do `M-x list-load-path-shadows' to see if the default
Gnus installation shadows the Oort installation.

> | TinyPath: tinypath-cache-p-1-new ASSOC ("gnus-ems.elc" (2213 . "c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/"))
> | TinyPath: cache hit: gnus-ems [c:/usr/pkg/emacs-21.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-ems.elc]

What's this TinyPath stuff?  I don't know anything about it, but maybe
it needs to configured to somehow find Oort.