* End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
@ 2012-09-27 9:05 Stephen Harker
2012-09-27 11:24 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Stephen Harker @ 2012-09-27 9:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
I am using GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (powerpc-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
2.10.4) with gnus v5.11. Starting about two days ago I have suddenly
started having a problem with one newsgroup I am subscribed before.
The relevant messages are:
Retrieving newsgroup: comp.text.tex...
Fetching headers for comp.text.tex...done
Scoring...done
Generating summary...done
Auto-saving...
Wrapped [5 times]
No more unread articles
No more unread articles (selecting rec.arts.sf.written)...
Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
byte-code: End of file during parsing
I have no problem with any other newsgroup. I have not changed my
.emacs in months. As can be seen the previous newsgroup reads without
problems. I tried removing my ADAPT and SCORE files as these might
have been a source of problems, but it makes no difference. I have
marked the whole group read, but the problem persists with new posts.
Nothing appears to have changed in /usr/share/emacs/.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
--
Stephen Harker s.harker@adfa.edu.au
PEMS http://sjharker.customer.netspace.net.au/
UNSW@ADFA
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
2012-09-27 9:05 End of file during parsing, single newsgroup Stephen Harker
@ 2012-09-27 11:24 ` Tassilo Horn
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2012-09-27 11:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> writes:
Hi Stephen,
> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
> byte-code: End of file during parsing
Before trying to enter that group, do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET and
post the backtrace here.
Bye,
Tassilo
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
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@ 2012-09-28 8:01 ` Stephen Harker
2012-09-28 9:01 ` William Gardella
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From: Stephen Harker @ 2012-09-28 8:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
> Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> writes:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
>> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
>> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
>> byte-code: End of file during parsing
>
> Before trying to enter that group, do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET and
> post the backtrace here.
This is what I got:
Debug on Error enabled globally
Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
byte-code: End of file during parsing
Commands: d, s, x, u; f, o, 1, 2, m, v; ~, %; q to quit; ? for help.
At the moment it looks like no clear message from the debugger,or it
is not entering it given the Commands line.
--
Stephen Harker s.harker@adfa.edu.au
PEMS http://sjharker.customer.netspace.net.au/
UNSW@ADFA
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
2012-09-28 8:01 ` Stephen Harker
@ 2012-09-28 9:01 ` William Gardella
2012-09-28 9:38 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.9918.1348825141.855.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
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From: William Gardella @ 2012-09-28 9:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english-mXXj517/zsQ
Stephen Harker <sjharker-ooduxAEi7gXtt0EhB6fy4g@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Tassilo Horn <tsdh-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Stephen Harker <sjharker-ooduxAEi7gXtt0EhB6fy4g@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>>> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
>>> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
>>> byte-code: End of file during parsing
>>
>> Before trying to enter that group, do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET and
>> post the backtrace here.
>
> This is what I got:
>
> Debug on Error enabled globally
> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
> byte-code: End of file during parsing
> Commands: d, s, x, u; f, o, 1, 2, m, v; ~, %; q to quit; ? for help.
>
> At the moment it looks like no clear message from the debugger,or it
> is not entering it given the Commands line.
Stephen,
Could the "end of file during parsing" be corruption in the
~/.newsrc.eld file? That's my only (possibly pretty far-fetched) guess.
--
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
2012-09-28 9:01 ` William Gardella
@ 2012-09-28 9:38 ` Tassilo Horn
[not found] ` <mailman.9918.1348825141.855.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
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From: Tassilo Horn @ 2012-09-28 9:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
William Gardella <gardellawg@gmail.com>
writes:
>>> Before trying to enter that group, do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET
>>> and post the backtrace here.
>>
>> This is what I got:
>>
>> Debug on Error enabled globally
>> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
>> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
>> byte-code: End of file during parsing
>> Commands: d, s, x, u; f, o, 1, 2, m, v; ~, %; q to quit; ? for help.
>>
>> At the moment it looks like no clear message from the debugger,or it
>> is not entering it given the Commands line.
Strange. What does it say when you hit `?'?
> Could the "end of file during parsing" be corruption in the
> ~/.newsrc.eld file? That's my only (possibly pretty far-fetched)
> guess.
I think, if it was corrupted it would error as soon as gnus tries to
read it the first time and not only with this one specific group.
Some more guesses:
- Do you have (gnus-compile) in your ~/.gnus.el? If so, comment it
out and restart emacs. Fire up Gnus, do something and hit `s' in
*Group* so that it saves the ~/.newsrc.eld. Restart emacs and gnus
and try to enter rec.arts.sf.written. I think, you still get an
error but maybe a bit more informative.
- Do you have a special gnus-summary-line-format set for that group,
e.g., via gnus-parameters? Maybe that's somehow broken?
- Did you use a newer version of emacs once? If so, maybe the
(gnus-compile) compiled something in ~/.newsrc.eld to byte-code
that's not understood by emacs 22.
Bye,
Tassilo
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
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@ 2012-09-28 10:50 ` Stephen Harker
2012-09-29 22:06 ` Stephen Harker
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From: Stephen Harker @ 2012-09-28 10:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
> William Gardella <gardellawg@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
>>>> Before trying to enter that group, do M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET
>>>> and post the backtrace here.
>>>
>>> This is what I got:
>>>
>>> Debug on Error enabled globally
>>> Retrieving newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written...
>>> Fetching headers for rec.arts.sf.written...
>>> byte-code: End of file during parsing
>>> Commands: d, s, x, u; f, o, 1, 2, m, v; ~, %; q to quit; ? for help.
>>>
>>> At the moment it looks like no clear message from the debugger,or it
>>> is not entering it given the Commands line.
>
> Strange. What does it say when you hit `?'?
That is taken from the message buffer. I don't get the debugger
buffer unless I create it from another error. If I hit '?" to TAB I
get the following:
SPC:Select n:Forward DEL:Backward q:Exit C-c TAB:Run Info ?:This help [2 times]
indent-relative: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Group*>
>> Could the "end of file during parsing" be corruption in the
>> ~/.newsrc.eld file? That's my only (possibly pretty far-fetched)
>> guess.
>
> I think, if it was corrupted it would error as soon as gnus tries to
> read it the first time and not only with this one specific group.
I could not find any obvious problem in the .newsrc.eld file. I tried
copying a .newsrc.eld file from a backup prior to the error starting
and find the same error.
> Some more guesses:
>
> - Do you have (gnus-compile) in your ~/.gnus.el? If so, comment it
> out and restart emacs. Fire up Gnus, do something and hit `s' in
> *Group* so that it saves the ~/.newsrc.eld. Restart emacs and gnus
> and try to enter rec.arts.sf.written. I think, you still get an
> error but maybe a bit more informative.
I don't have a ~/.gnus.el, all values set are done manually in my
~/.emacs, which has not changed in some months. I am about to try
this suggestion (and some of the others).
> - Do you have a special gnus-summary-line-format set for that group,
> e.g., via gnus-parameters? Maybe that's somehow broken?
I don't have it set anywhere that I can find with grep.
> - Did you use a newer version of emacs once? If so, maybe the
> (gnus-compile) compiled something in ~/.newsrc.eld to byte-code
> that's not understood by emacs 22.
That is a possibility. I started an install of Fedora 17 and don't
think I did anything in the home partition, but can't guaranteee
it.
--
Stephen Harker s.harker@adfa.edu.au
PEMS http://sjharker.customer.netspace.net.au/
UNSW@ADFA
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* Re: End of file during parsing, single newsgroup
2012-09-28 10:50 ` Stephen Harker
@ 2012-09-29 22:06 ` Stephen Harker
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Harker @ 2012-09-29 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: info-gnus-english
Stephen Harker <sjharker@netspace.net.au> writes:
> Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> William Gardella <gardellawg@gmail.com>
>> writes:
>> - Did you use a newer version of emacs once? If so, maybe the
>> (gnus-compile) compiled something in ~/.newsrc.eld to byte-code
>> that's not understood by emacs 22.
>
> That is a possibility. I started an install of Fedora 17 and don't
> think I did anything in the home partition, but can't guaranteee
> it.
This led to a solution. I used Fedora 17 which comes with emacs 24, I
think it was emacs-24.1-4. Running gnus with the later emacs and
opening rec.arts.sf.written resulted in an error message saying there
was a fault in the rec.arts.sf.written.ADAPT file, but proceeding and
overwriting it after exiting with a version that works with the older
emacs also.
When I replaced the rec.arts.sf.written.ADAPT with a backup version I
must not have gone far enough back. It may have been the first
version in which the error was written to the file. I thought I had
gone back two days, but evidently not.
--
Stephen Harker s.harker@adfa.edu.au
PEMS http://sjharker.customer.netspace.net.au/
UNSW@ADFA
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