23.0.60; Failure to read mail file

[jpff]

I was trying to see if the problem with large RMAIL files was fixed.
I tried reading the TIMESINK file; after about 18mins CPU it gave the
error

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable rmail-highlight-face)
  
byte-code("ÄBÅÄ!„ÆÄÇ\"ˆÈBÅÈ!„ÆÈÉ\"ˆÊBÅÊ!„-ÆÊË\"ˆÌBÅÌ!„<ÆÌÍ\"ˆÎBÅÎ!„KÆÎÏ\"ˆÁBÅÁ!„ZÆÁÐ\"ˆÑBÅÑ!„kÆÑ
       ‰P\"ˆÒBÅÒ!„|ÆÒÓ      
!\"ˆÔBÅÔ!„‹ÆÔÕ\"ˆÖBÅÖ!„šÆÖ×\"ˆØBÅØ!„©ÆØÙ\"ˆÚBÅÚ!„¸ÆÚÛ\"ˆÜÚ!ˆÝBÅÝ!„ÙÆÝ\n†×Þß!ƒÖ߂×à\"ˆáBÅá!„èÆáâ\"ˆãBÅã!„÷ÆãÛ\"ˆÜã!ˆäBÅä!„\n
ÆäÛ\"ˆÜä!ˆäž„
åBæBÅæ!„'
ÆæÛ\"ˆÜæ!ˆæž„5
çBèBÅè!„D
ÆèÛ\"ˆéBÅé!„S
ÆéÛ\"ˆÜè!ˆÜé!ˆêëì\"‡"
 [current-load-list rmime-magic-string rmail-highlight-face minor-mode-alist 
rmime-digest-indentation default-boundp set-default "" 
rmime-digest-recursive-indentation "   " rmime-digest-toc-intro "               
       Table Of Contents\n" rmime-digest-item-intro #("\f                      
#################\n" 0 24 (face bold)) rmime-transparent-encodings ("" "7bit" 
"8bit" "binary") " -=- MIME -=- \f\n" rmime-magic-string-times2 
rmime-magic-regexp regexp-quote rmime-separator-regexp "^[    ]*\n" 
rmime-mimeinfo-method rmime-obsolete-mimeinfo rmime-tmp-buffer-name " 
*rmime-tmp*" rmime-tmp-string nil make-variable-buffer-local 
rmime-highlight-face face-differs-from-default-p bold highlight 
rmime-default-type rmime-text/plain rmime-playlist rmime-process (rmime-process 
" Playing") rmime-mode (rmime-mode " RMIME") rmime-partial-partlist 
rmime-partial-parts add-hook write-region-annotate-functions rmime-annotate] 4)
  rmime-format()
  run-hooks(rmail-show-message-hook)
  rmail-show-message(17064)
  rmail-mode()
  set-auto-mode-0(rmail-mode nil)
  byte-code("ŸÅ‰ƒ/address@hidden     !„ÇÈ  \"ˆ‚(ÉÊ       
\f\"„(ËÌÅ\"ˆ\nA‰„     *Ň" [modes mode --cl-dolist-temp-- done 
keep-mode-if-same nil functionp message "Ignoring unknown mode `%s'" t 
set-auto-mode-0 throw nop] 4)
  set-auto-mode()
  normal-mode(t)
  after-find-file(nil t)
  find-file-noselect-1(#<buffer TIMESINK> "~/TIMESINK" nil nil "~/TIMESINK" 
(3934158 2050))
  find-file-noselect("~/TIMESINK" nil nil t)
  find-file("~/TIMESINK" t)
  call-interactively(find-file nil nil)

This file reads OK in emacs 22, and read Ok  10 days ago.

I am still cleansing this TIMESINK file of passwords and the like
(deleting confidential mail) and it is now 87Mb and still breaks


In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.24 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.0)
 of 2008-03-08 on cardew
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70200000
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: en_GB.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=local
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Debugger

Minor modes in effect:
  auto-image-file-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  display-time-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  global-auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> M-x 
s e t - d e <tab> <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> <help-echo> <return> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> M-x 
r <backspace> s e t - d e f s a <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 
a <tab> <backspace> <tab> <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> <return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <double-down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <double-drag-mouse-1> 
M-x s e t - d e f a u <tab> <return> <down-mouse-2> 
<mouse-2> <return> <help-echo> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> <mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <mouse-1> C-x C-f T I M <tab> <return> <help-echo> 
<down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> 
<mouse-movement> <help-echo> <mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> 
<mouse-movement> <mouse-movement> <drag-mouse-1> <help-echo> 
M-x r e p <tab> o <tab> r <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
FQM: Message action (q, i, d, e, ?)? [send]: 
FQM: Immediate send...
FQM: [D: 4,  Q: 4]
Sending...done
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  
Type C-x 1 to delete the help window.
Making completion list... [2 times]
Counting messages...done
Entering debugger...
Making completion list... [2 times]

==John ffitch