Re: Flags/marks not being updated

[Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>]

Ralf Angeli <dev.null@iwi.uni-sb.de> writes:

>> I really
>> think that value should be the default, as you will lose flags with a
>> `nil' setting.  I don't know/understand why the default was changed.
>
> What I find interesting is that after setting it to 'ask, Gnus is
> actually asking for the synchronization.  I don't recall that I ever
> had to answer such a question before, even when the default was 'ask.
> Before all the strange behavior started, Gnus only asked if I would
> like to switch servers into online status upon typing J-j; no
> synchronization question.  (I know that I can set it to t in order to
> suppress the question.)

Before, nntp servers didn't use marks, so the flags didn't need to be
synchronized when you connected the agent again.  So maybe it isn't
that surprising.

>> The bug yielding the backtrace should be fixed independently of this,
>> though.
>
> Maybe it helps if I add that I issued J-Y with the agent in unplugged
> state.

It shouldn't do anything in that case, as it need to be plugged to
synchronize the flags.