From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/69065 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Harry Putnam Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Trouble with gnus-agent-expire Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:07:40 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87fxa6al4j.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <873a6724wb.fsf@newsguy.com> <871vlricl0.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87ljjy3ojy.fsf@newsguy.com> <87k4ziantz.fsf@newsguy.com> <87ab0ekhc2.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254168528 911 80.91.229.12 (28 Sep 2009 20:08:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:08:48 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M17482@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Sep 28 22:08:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MsMWJ-00030l-CG for ding-account@gmane.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:08:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MsMVy-0002gR-RT; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mx2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.33]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1MsMVw-0002g4-PO for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MsMVu-0001lP-L2 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:08:04 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1MsMWX-0007gk-00 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:08:41 +0200 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1MsMVp-0002qf-9W for ding@gnus.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:57 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.178.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:57 +0200 Original-Received: from reader by c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:07:57 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 40 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-178-110.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hVRN8Gz72+D1mPzypfsSHRCehEo= X-Spam-Score: -2.8 (--) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:69065 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: >> What can I do to get the expiration to happen? > > Dunno, I cannot reproduce your problem. But the expiry process usually > prints a lot of messages to the *Messages* buffer, like those. > > 20090928T211329.614> Expiring articles in nntp+Uni:alt.religion.emacs > 20090928T211329.616> gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... > 20090928T211329.617> gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... Done > 20090928T211329.618> gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... > 20090928T211329.619> gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... Done > 20090928T211329.620> gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... > 20090928T211329.620> gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... Done Yeah thats what I'm used to seeing too. > Maybe it works for some initial groups and then gets stuck in some > group? Then something is probably broken with that group's files and > deleting them and redownloading only that group would solve the issue. Yeah but how to find that out... when there seems to be no output? > But I have to admit that I don't have a deeper understanding of the > agent. For me it just work... :-) Pretty much has for me to... since way back in quassia days... long before we had gnus-agent-expire. But since the advent of gnus-agent-expire which is quite a while now.. I've always been able to run it successfully. If I just new that gnus would be tricked into thinking the files were still here, I'd hand delete all messages leaving the .overview and .agentview. Maybe some kind soul will jump in here with that information.. Probably ought to start a new thread on that subject.... yea.. think I will.