;;; nnheader.el --- header access macros for Gnus and its backends
;; Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-;; 1997, 1998, 2000
+;; 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Masanobu UMEDA <umerin@flab.flab.fujitsu.junet>
;;; Code:
(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
-(eval-when-compile (require 'gnus-util))
+
+;; Requiring `gnus-util' at compile time creates a circular
+;; dependency between nnheader.el and gnus-util.el.
+;(eval-when-compile (require 'gnus-util))
(require 'mail-utils)
(require 'mm-util)