Re: gnus-group-get-new-news broken again

[Shenghuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>]

>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se> writes:

Simon> Michael Harnois <mharnois@willinet.net> writes:
>> > I have mail groups at level 1, and news groups at level 3.  I
>> > use C-u 2 g to get new email messages.
>> 
>> > A few days ago, this worked, but now it doesn't (it doesn't get
>> > any new messages).  I'm using CVS gnus, and this coincides
>> > approximately with the 0.99->5.8.2->5.8.3 change, I guess.
>> 
>> I reported it three days ago, so it's at least that old...

Simon> Hm, does it go away if you remove my speedup-patch, by applying this
Simon> patch below?  Commited some days ago, so it might be it.

Simon> If so, what does the select method for your level 1 group look like?
Simon> (`G e' in the group buffer, on the group)

Simon> --- gnus-start.el	Sun Dec  5 01:34:31 1999
Simon> +++ gnus-start.el.~5.41~	Sun Dec  5 01:32:59 1999
Simon> @@ -1550,10 +1542,7 @@
Simon>  		  (setcdr (assoc method retrievegroups)
Simon>  			  (cons group (cdr (assoc method retrievegroups))))
Simon>  		(push (list method group) retrievegroups))
Simon> -	    (if (member method scanned-methods)
Simon> -		(setq active (gnus-activate-group group))
Simon> -	      (setq active (gnus-activate-group group 'scan))
Simon> -	      (push method scanned-methods))
Simon> +	  (setq active (gnus-activate-group group 'scan))
Simon>  	    (inline (gnus-close-group group))))))
 
Simon>        ;; Get the number of unread articles in the group.


I think the patch speed up most mail sources correctly except
directory, since there is a hack code in nnmail-get-new-mail
(nnmail.el:1426), which only fetch the contents of a single group's
spool file. With the patch, `2 g' fetching for the first group
inhibits fetching from other spool files.  For those users who do not
use directory as a mail source, this patch would not be a problem.

-- 
Shenghuo