From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/80208 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Cook Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Proposed code to cleanup gnus on Emacs exit Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:48:02 -0400 Message-ID: <87wrcgwmt9.fsf@waxrat.com> References: <87fwjfn3z4.fsf@lifelogs.com> <8762k0k2gz.fsf@uwo.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318024413 11435 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2011 21:53:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 21:53:33 +0000 (UTC) To: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M28502@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Oct 07 23:53:29 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RCIMC-0002Tt-Nc for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:53:29 +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 1RCILU-0003DV-Gn; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:52:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1RCHL6-0002xZ-Id for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:48:16 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RCHL5-0007CQ-2Q for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:48:16 -0500 Original-Received: from gs90.inmotionhosting.com ([66.117.14.157]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RCHL3-0001lM-6T for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 22:48:13 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-216-185-34.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.216.185.34]:43919 helo=marcy) by gs90.inmotionhosting.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RCHKu-0004r8-AX for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:48:04 -0700 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=marcy) by marcy with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RCHKs-0005EC-RZ for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:48:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: <8762k0k2gz.fsf@uwo.ca> (Dan Christensen's message of "Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:48:12 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gs90.inmotionhosting.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnus.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - waxrat.com X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-ID: Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:80208 Archived-At: Dan Christensen writes: > Dave Abrahams writes: > >> Can't we at least read the dribble file unconditionally? > > Please, no. If I accidentally catch up a group or something else gets > messed up, then what I do is exit emacs *without* saving the .newsrc.eld > and then start Gnus without reading the dribble file. You are proposing > removing both of those options, which would get rid of that safety net. Your safety net could be to remove the dribble file before restarting gnus. After all, you knew something had gone wrong before you decided to exit without saving. Michael