From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/58094 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Simon Josefsson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: NNTP marks code breaks .newsrc Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:33:28 +0200 Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1089369263 7207 80.91.224.253 (9 Jul 2004 10:34:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 10:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+M6635@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Jul 09 12:34:15 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bishr-0006Up-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:34:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BishI-0002CV-00; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 05:33:40 -0500 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1BishE-0002CQ-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 05:33:36 -0500 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BishD-0004TR-Vd for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 05:33:35 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.224.249]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE193A0026 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 05:33:34 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BishB-0000U1-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:33:33 +0200 Original-Received: from c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se ([217.215.27.65]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:33:33 +0200 Original-Received: from jas by c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Jul 2004 12:33:33 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: ding@gnus.org Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c494102a.s-bi.bostream.se User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3jWQUHtsmwhH+0vBs0ytO5EaMtI= Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58094 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:58094 Matthias Andree writes: > Dear reader, > > I am at a loss now. > > I want to use Gnus locally and Tin over ssh when off-site, which has > worked well up to what I get with cvs -D2004-05-13 update. > > Since cvs -D2004-05-14 update, this no longer works, Gnus doesn't notice > when the .newsrc file has marked articles as read. > > I've put (setq nntp-marks-is-evil t) in .gnus, quit emacs, removed > News/marks and its contents, started Gnus, checked it has > nntp-marks-is-evil set to t (it does) - doesn't help, Gnus still doesn't > care for .newsrc. > > I install Gnus as of 2004-05-13, articles read in Tin are marked read in > Gnus without further ado. I install Gnus as of 2004-05-14, only articles > read in Gnus are marked read. I switch back to 2004-05-13, they are > hidden from view again. > > The NNTP-marks code appears to shadow some .newsrc stuff. > > Any help will be appreciated, Does (setq gnus-agent-synchronize-flags 'ask) help? I have now reverted the default from nil to 'ask in CVS, seems like many people have reported this problem, and as far as I can tell, nobody explained why nil is better.