Merge remote branch 'origin/no-gnus'

[gnus] / lisp / gnus-start.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus-start.el
index 53ae6e1..44d4259 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-start.el
@@ -2446,7 +2446,9 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
        (when gnus-newsrc-assoc
          (setq gnus-newsrc-alist gnus-newsrc-assoc))))
     (dolist (elem gnus-newsrc-alist)
-      (setcar elem (mm-string-as-unibyte (car elem))))
+      ;; Protect against broken .newsrc.el files.
+      (when (car elem)
+       (setcar elem (mm-string-as-unibyte (car elem)))))
     (gnus-make-hashtable-from-newsrc-alist)
     (when (file-newer-than-file-p file ding-file)
       ;; Old format quick file