Re: Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer with maildir Gcc

[Arcady Genkin <agenkin@cdf.toronto.edu>]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> writes:

> What was the previous version/date of SUMO?

It was 2004-08-18.

> Please do `M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET', repeat the problem and post
> the resulting backtrace.

Ok, here it goes:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function cancel-timer)
  cancel-timer(("run-with-timer<2>" 86405.009366 nil #<compiled-function nil "...(34)" [cl-struct-nnmaildir--srv-tags tmpfile nnmaildir--cur-server file file-attributes delete-file 0 error "nnmaildir--srv-error storing a non-nnmaildir--srv" 8 "24-hour timer expired" throw return nil] 3> nil t nil (0 0 0)))
  byte-code("..." [time cl-struct-nnmaildir--srv-tags group gname file nnmaildir--cur-server 0 error "nnmaildir--srv-error storing a non-nnmaildir--srv" 8 "No such group: " throw return nil "nnmaildir--grp-name accessing a non-nnmaildir--grp" 1 nnmaildir--param nnmaildir--pgname read-only "Read-only group: " "nnmaildir--srv-dir accessing a non-nnmaildir--srv" 4 file-name-as-directory current-time format-time-string "%s." "M" number-to-string "Q" "." nnmaildir--system-name "tmp" "cur" ":2," file-exists-p "File exists: " run-with-timer 86400 #<compiled-function nil "...(34)" [cl-struct-nnmaildir--srv-tags tmpfile nnmaildir--cur-server file file-attributes delete-file 0 error "nnmaildir--srv-error storing a non-nnmaildir--srv" 8 "24-hour timer expired" throw return nil] 3> (add-name-to-file nnmaildir--file tmpfile) ((error ...)) cancel-timer err (add-name-to-file tmpfile curfile) ((error ..
 .)) file-attributes delete-file vector cl-struct-nnmaildir--art nnmaildir--grp-add-art ...] 8)
  nnmaildir-request-accept-article("sent-mail-2005-03" "" t)
  gnus-request-accept-article("nnmaildir:sent-mail-2005-03" "nnmaildir:" t t)
  gnus-inews-do-gcc()
  gnus-agent-possibly-do-gcc()
  run-hooks(gnus-agent-possibly-do-gcc)
  message-send(nil)
  message-send-and-exit(nil)
  call-interactively(message-send-and-exit)

> Probably nnmaildir should use `nnheader-cancel-timer' instead of
> `cancel-timer'.  To test this, please eval this expression:
>
>   (defalias 'cancel-timer 'nnheader-cancel-timer) ; <== Press C-x C-e
>
> ... and then try to reproduce the error again.  Does the error happen
> again?

Using nnheader-cancel-timer makes the problem go away, too.
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