bug#5022: 23.1.50; Symbol's value as variable is void: mail-envelope-from

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When gnus is invoked, it fails with this error:

eval: Symbol's value as variable is void: mail-envelope-from

If this line is commented out from custom-set-variables on my .emacs:

'(message-send-mail-function (quote smtpmail-send-it))

the error does not happen.

This is the backtrace:

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable mail-envelope-from)
  (if (featurep (quote xemacs)) nil mail-envelope-from)
  eval((if (featurep (quote xemacs)) nil mail-envelope-from))
  custom-initialize-reset(message-sendmail-envelope-from (if (featurep (quote xemacs)) nil mail-envelope-from))
  custom-declare-variable(message-sendmail-envelope-from (if (featurep (quote xemacs)) nil mail-envelope-from) ("/home/oscar/dev/other/emacs/lisp/gnus/message.elc" . -29489) :version "22.1" :type (choice (string :tag "From name") (const :tag "Use From: header from message" header) (const :tag "Use `user-mail-address'" nil)) :link (custom-manual "(message)Mail Variables") :group message-sending)
  require(message)
  byte-code("\300\301!\210\300\302!\210\300\303!\210\304\305\306\"\210\304\307\306\"\210\304\310\306\"\210\304\311\306\"\207" [require gnus message gnus-range autoload gnus-agent-expire "gnus-agent" gnus-agent-regenerate-group gnus-agent-read-servers-validate-native gnus-agent-possibly-synchronize-flags-server] 3)
  require(gnus-int)
  byte-code("\300\301!\210\300\302!\210\300\303!\210\300\304!\210\300\305!\210\300\306!\210\307\310\311\"\210\307\312\313\"\210\307\314\313\"\210\307\315\313\"\207" [require gnus gnus-win gnus-int gnus-spec gnus-range gnus-util autoload message-make-date "message" gnus-agent-read-servers-validate "gnus-agent" gnus-agent-save-local gnus-agent-possibly-alter-active] 3)
  gnus-1(nil nil nil)
  ad-Orig-gnus(nil nil nil)
  gnus(nil)
  call-interactively(gnus t nil)
  execute-extended-command(nil)
  call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil)


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In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.3 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2009-11-23 on qcore
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10604000
configured using `configure  '--without-xaw3d' '--with-x-toolkit=athena''

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_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Debugger

Minor modes in effect:
  show-paren-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  iswitchb-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-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-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
M-x s e t SPC d e b u g SPC <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
t - v a r i <tab> <return> s e t - d e b u g - o n 
<tab> <backspace> <backspace> <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <backspace> <backspace> <backspace> d e 
b u g - o n <tab> e r r <tab> <return> t <return> M-x 
g n u s <return> M-x a b o r t SPC r e <tab> <return> 
C-x b b a c C-g M-x g n s <return> <backspace> u s 
<return> <up> C-SPC <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> <down> 
<down> <down> M-w <f11> <f10> <menu-bar> <help-menu> 
<send-emacs-bug-report>

Recent messages:
timeclock-find-discrep
Loading vc-svn...done
Mark set
Loading `~/.emacs': old-style backquotes detected!
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
call-interactively: Text is read-only
Entering debugger...
Quit [2 times]
Entering debugger...
Mark set

Load-path shadows:
None found.

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