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

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

[Arcady Genkin]

After upgrade to Xemacs packages SUMO tarball version 2005-03-07 (from
2004-08-18), I am getting the following error message when sending mail
in Gnus (5.10.6 from the said packages tarball):

  Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer

I traced it down to the following Gcc header:

  Gcc: nnmaildir:sent-mail-2005-03

If I remove the header, the error goes away.  It also goes away if I
(require 'timer).  Perhaps the timer library is not properly loaded
from some Gnus function (e.g. related to nnmaildir)?

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

[Reiner Steib]

On Wed, Mar 09 2005, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> After upgrade to Xemacs packages SUMO tarball version 2005-03-07 (from
> 2004-08-18), I am getting the following error message when sending mail
> in Gnus (5.10.6 from the said packages tarball):
>
>   Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer
>
> I traced it down to the following Gcc header:
>
>   Gcc: nnmaildir:sent-mail-2005-03
>
> If I remove the header, the error goes away.  It also goes away if I
> (require 'timer).  

What was the previous version/date of SUMO?  Maybe this is related to
the changes Steve mentioned in [1].  Maybe they removed an autoload?

> Perhaps the timer library is not properly loaded from some Gnus
> function (e.g. related to nnmaildir)?

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

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?

Bye, Reiner.

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59643
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Re: Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer with maildir Gcc

[Arcady Genkin]

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

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Mar 15 2005, Arcady Genkin wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> writes:
[...]
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function cancel-timer)
>   cancel-timer[...]
>   nnmaildir-request-accept-article("sent-mail-2005-03" "" t)
[...]
>> Probably nnmaildir should use `nnheader-cancel-timer' instead of
>> `cancel-timer'. [...]
> Using nnheader-cancel-timer makes the problem go away, too.

Thank for the confirmation.  I have fixed it in Gnus' CVS.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
--- nnmaildir.el	20 May 2004 17:55:37 +0200	6.30.2.1
+++ nnmaildir.el	15 Mar 2005 20:19:39 +0100	
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@
 	 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) tmpfile nil 'no-message nil
 		       'excl)
 	 (unix-sync))) ;; no fsync :(
-      (cancel-timer 24h)
+      (nnheader-cancel-timer 24h)
       (condition-case err
 	  (add-name-to-file tmpfile curfile)
 	(error
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Bye, Reiner.
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