Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Loris Bennett" Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Subject: Re: Search finds no messages Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2023 13:15:41 +0200 Organization: ZEDAT, Freie =?utf-8?Q?Universit=C3=A4t?= Berlin Lines: 104 Message-ID: <87h6p5de3m.fsf@zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: <87pm3ygd03.fsf@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64> <87edkegci8.fsf@hillenius.net> <87fs4thpge.fsf@debian-BULLSEYE-live-builder-AMD64> <87leehdegs.fsf@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de R+NNKdDO4GFpJdQTvUBaAwRYvzMDJLjTTe2QkqScfs4rPw Cancel-Lock: sha1:w7kz0+H1S09CckZlE8m7BCijaa4= sha1:9YcJpX9iIw2ii99oW61zp5Zp/Ac= sha256:AsqDgfTtggWjb0eL2mrtY6VlkfhavmqMi6WUq9B5BJw= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) Xref: csiph.com gnu.emacs.gnus:7842 "Loris Bennett" writes: > "Loris Bennett" writes: > >> Hi Gijs, >> >> Gijs Hillenius writes: >> >>> On 8 August 2023 10:22 Loris Bennett, wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have just upgraded my Debian system from 11 to 12 and now, when I try >>>> to search within a group in the *Group* buffer with 'G G' I always get >>>> an error like >>>> >>>> Group nnselect:nnselect-87zg32gdj4.fsf contains no messages >>>> >>>> even when I know that there are messages in the group and that some of >>>> these contain the string I searched for. If I enter the group, messages >>>> are displayed. >>>> >>>> Does anyone know what the problems might be or at least where I should >>>> start looking in order to debug the problem? >>> >>> Hello >>> >>> We probably need more info. Did something else change ? >> >> Not that I am aware of, but that is a fairly major change :-) >> >>> What mail >>> backend are you using? >> >> nnimap >> >> but I also have the problem in the nntp groups, although with those I >> seen the following in the *Messages* buffer: >> >> nnselect-run: gnus-search-run-query on ((search-query-spec (query >> . loris) (raw)) (search-group-spec (nntp:news.fu-berlin.de >> gnu.emacs.gnus))) gave error (gnus-search-config-error >> gnus-search-config-error No search engine configured for >> nntp:news.fu-berlin.de) >> >> Indeed there is no search engine configured for nntp: >> >> (nntp "fu_news" >> (nntp-address "news.fu-berlin.de") >> (remove-prefix nntp) >> (gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+fu_exchange:Gesendete Elemente")) >> >> whereas for imap the search engine is configured >> >> (nnimap "fu_exchange" >> (nnir-search-engine imap) >> (remove-prefix "nnimap") >> (nnimap-address "mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de") >> (nnimap-record-commands t) >> (nnimap-inbox INBOX) >> (gnus-message-archive-group "nnimap+fu_exchange:Gesendete Elemente")) >> >> So it seems that for IMAP the search engine is configured but not >> working and for NNTP it is just not configured. >> >>> You suspect a link to Debian 12. Debian Bookworm comes with Emacs 28.2. >>> If you think that is it, how about going back to 27.1 ? >>> >>> http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/emacs/ >>> >> >> Well, before I go down that road I shall check whether the same problem >> occurs on my other laptop, which is at work, but which I also updated >> and which uses the same Emacs config. > > So it seems that the problem does not always occur. With a stripped > down configuration I now find the search still works for two private > email accounts, but not with my work account (Exchange), with which it > did previously work. > > I am not aware that there has been a change with the email server at > work, so maybe the more recent version of Emacs/Gnus no longer tolerates > something it once did. Strange also that the actual newsgroups are also > affected. > > So not (directly) an Emacs/Gnus issue. > OK, so for the newsgroups I get this error: nnselect-run: gnus-search-run-query on ((search-query-spec (query . emacs) (raw)) (search-group-spec (nntp:news.fu-berlin.de comp.emacs))) gave error (gnus-search-config-error gnus-search-config-error No search engine configured for nntp:news.fu-berlin.de) What should the search engine be for nntp? > Cheers, > > Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin