Problems accesing newsgroup

[Lars Chr. Hausmann]

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In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (sparc-sun-solaris2.7, X toolkit)
 of Thu Jun 15 2000 on nokia
configured using `configure  --prefix=/afs/ies.auc.dk/sw/pack/emacs-20.7'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

When trying to access a valid newsgroup (several other people can read
it) it get this backtrace:

Signaling: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p ‘¦)
  gnus-cache-braid-nov("ies.edb" (6938))
  gnus-cache-retrieve-headers((6509 6510 6511 6512 6513 6514 6515 6516 6517 
6518 6519 6520 6521 6522 6523 6524 6525 6526 6527 6528 6529 6530 6531 6532 6533 
6534 6535 6536 6537 6538 6539 6540 6541 6542 6543 6544 6545 6546 6547 6548 6549 
6550 6551 6552 6553 6554 6555 6556 6557 6558 ... . (6559 6560 6561 6562 6563 
6564 6565 6566 6567 6568 6569 6570 6571 6572 6573 6574 6575 6576 6577 6578 6579 
6580 6581 6582 6583 6584 6585 6586 6587 6588 6589 6590 6591 6592 6593 6594 6595 
6596 6597 6598 6599 6600 6601 6602 6603 6604 6605 6606 6607 6608 ... . (6609 
6610 6611 6612 6613 6614 6615 6616 6617 6618 6619 6620 6621 6622 6623 6624 6625 
6626 6627 6628 6629 6630 6631 6632 6633 6634 6635 6636 6637 6638 6639 6640 6641 
6642 6643 6644 6645 6646 6647 6648 6649 6650 6651 6652 6653 6654 6655 6656 6657 
6658 ... . ...))) "ies.edb" "some")
  gnus-retrieve-headers((6509 6510 6511 6512 6513 6514 6515 6516 6517 6518 6519 
6520 6521 6522 6523 6524 6525 6526 6527 6528 6529 6530 6531 6532 6533 6534 6535 
6536 6537 6538 6539 6540 6541 6542 6543 6544 6545 6546 6547 6548 6549 6550 6551 
6552 6553 6554 6555 6556 6557 6558 ... . (6559 6560 6561 6562 6563 6564 6565 
6566 6567 6568 6569 6570 6571 6572 6573 6574 6575 6576 6577 6578 6579 6580 6581 
6582 6583 6584 6585 6586 6587 6588 6589 6590 6591 6592 6593 6594 6595 6596 6597 
6598 6599 6600 6601 6602 6603 6604 6605 6606 6607 6608 ... . (6609 6610 6611 
6612 6613 6614 6615 6616 6617 6618 6619 6620 6621 6622 6623 6624 6625 6626 6627 
6628 6629 6630 6631 6632 6633 6634 6635 6636 6637 6638 6639 6640 6641 6642 6643 
6644 6645 6646 6647 6648 6649 6650 6651 6652 6653 6654 6655 6656 6657 6658 ... 
. ...))) "ies.edb" "some")
  gnus-select-newsgroup("ies.edb" nil nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group-1("ies.edb" nil t nil nil nil)
  gnus-summary-read-group("ies.edb" nil t nil nil nil nil)
  gnus-group-read-group(nil t)
  gnus-group-select-group(nil)
  gnus-topic-select-group(nil)
* call-interactively(gnus-topic-select-group)


I'm not sure, whether this is a gnus bug or on a emacs bug. 

Take care,

/LCH