Strange error when doing M-g on a group in Gnus

[Kai Großjohann]

What does Gnus have to do with Tramp?  Yes, I also ask myself.  Yet,
witness the following backtrace:

Michael?

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (args-out-of-range #^[t 
...lots.of.numbers.and.nil.snipped...
  char-equal(-134217625 63)
  (or (char-equal last-input-char 63) (or (char-equal last-input-char 9) 
(char-equal last-input-char 32)))
  (and (integerp last-input-char) (or (char-equal last-input-char 63) (or ... 
...)))
  (or (equal last-input-char (quote tab)) (and (integerp last-input-char) (or 
... ...)))
  (cond ((featurep ...) t) ((string-match "^/.*:.*:$" file) nil) ((string-match 
... file) (member ... ...)) ((or ... ...) t))
  tramp-completion-mode("/home-local")
  (if (tramp-completion-mode file) "/" (tramp-completion-run-real-handler 
(quote file-name-directory) (list file)))
  tramp-completion-handle-file-name-directory("/home-local")
  apply(tramp-completion-handle-file-name-directory "/home-local")
  (progn (apply (cdr fn) args))
  (unwind-protect (progn (apply ... args)) (set-match-data 
save-match-data-internal))
  (let ((save-match-data-internal ...)) (unwind-protect (progn ...) 
(set-match-data save-match-data-internal)))
  (save-match-data (apply (cdr fn) args))
  (catch (quote tramp-forward-to-ange-ftp) (save-match-data (apply ... args)))
  (if fn (catch (quote tramp-forward-to-ange-ftp) (save-match-data ...)) 
(tramp-completion-run-real-handler operation args))
  (let ((fn ...)) (if fn (catch ... ...) (tramp-completion-run-real-handler 
operation args)))
  tramp-completion-file-name-handler(file-name-directory "/home-local")
  file-name-directory("/home-local")
  file-truename("/home-local")
  apply(file-truename "/home-local")
  (let* ((op ...) (inhibit-file-name-handlers ...) (inhibit-file-name-operation 
op)) (apply operation args))
  tramp-completion-run-real-handler(file-truename ("/home-local"))
  (if fn (catch (quote tramp-forward-to-ange-ftp) (save-match-data ...)) 
(tramp-completion-run-real-handler operation args))
  (let ((fn ...)) (if fn (catch ... ...) (tramp-completion-run-real-handler 
operation args)))
  tramp-completion-file-name-handler(file-truename "/home-local")
  file-truename("/home-local" (95) (nil))
  file-truename("/home-local/grossjoh" (95) (nil))
  file-truename("/home-local/grossjoh/News" (95) (nil))
  file-truename("/home-local/grossjoh/News/drafts" (95) (nil))
  file-truename("~/News/drafts/")
  nndraft-open-server("")
  nndraft-possibly-change-group("delayed")
  nndraft-request-group("delayed" "" nil)
  gnus-activate-group("nndraft:delayed")
  gnus-delay-send-queue()
  run-hooks(gnus-get-new-news-hook)
  apply(run-hooks gnus-get-new-news-hook)
  gnus-run-hooks(gnus-get-new-news-hook)
  gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group(nil)
  gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-topic-get-new-news-this-topic)


kai
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