recover-session doesn't

[Edward Welbourne]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian
configured using `configure  i386-debian-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr 
--sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib 
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes --with-x=yes 
--with-x-toolkit=athena --without-gif'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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

So, having been forced to exit, I thought I'd have another go, in my
new session, at using a lovely feature that I've never yet known to do
anything useful: M-x recover-session.  The first item in the buffer is
the one I want, C-c C-c like the instructions say, oh, but "No files
can be recovered from this session now".  This despite several files
being in an unsaved state when I had to exit, because attempting to
save them merely caused me to be told my elisp stack was over-full.

Recent input:
<return> g q C-x o C-x k <return> C-x C-f <M-backspace> 
<M-backspace> <M-backspace> <return> C-s e m a c s 
C-n f f C-e M-b M-b M-b M-b M-b M-b C-l C-a C-n C-n 
C-n C-x k <return> C-x k <return> C-x k <return> M-x 
r e c o <tab> s e <tab> <return> C-c C-c C-x b * M 
<tab> <return> M-x M-p M-p C-k r e p o <tab> r <tab> 
<return>

Recent messages:
Loading dired...done
Reading directory /home/eddy/...done
Mark saved where search started
Reading directory /home/eddy/.emacs.d/...done
Reading directory /home/eddy/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/...done
Reading directory /home/eddy/.emacs.d/auto-save-list/.saves-*...done
No files can be recovered from this session now
Making completion list...
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