* Re: "G r" not correctly handling nested nnml groups
1997-11-23 5:54 ` "B r" not correctly handling nested nnml groups Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1997-11-23 13:29 ` Neil Crellin
1997-11-23 17:54 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Neil Crellin @ 1997-11-23 13:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu> writes:
>
> > I have some groups I want to rename eg nnml:lists.foo -> nnml:old.foo.
> > Said groups have subfolders
> > eg
> > nnml:lists.foo
> > nnml:lists.foo.bounces
> >
> > If I do a "B r lists.foo RET old.foo" it updates lists.foo fine,
>
> `G r', you mean.
Obviously. I tried to supersede to correct this, no matter.
> > but leaves an entry in the *Group* buffer and my .newsrc.el* for
> > nnml:lists.foo.bounces.
>
> Yes; so it should.
Except you then can't access that latter group, because the
intermediate directory path nnml-directory/lists/foo has been renamed
nnml-directory/old/foo, and accessing nnml-directory/lists/foo/bounces
fails with the errors
Retrieving newsgroup: nnml:lists.foo.bounces...
nnml-directory/lists/foo/bounces/ is not a directory
Couldn't request group nnml:lists.foo.bounces: nnml-directory/lists/foo/bounces/ is not a directory
and an attempt to rename lists.foo.bounces to old.foo.bounces in that
state using G r in the group buffer yields the errors
Renaming group nnml:lists.foo.bounces to nnml:old.foo.bounces...
Couldn't rename group nnml:lists.foo.bounces to nnml:old.foo.bounces
because the intermediate directory lists/foo is now old/foo.
> > If I rename nnml:lists.foo.bounces to nnml:old.foo.bounces instead,
> > I have an entry for lists.foo that can't access anything in the
> > folder thats now moved.
>
> Uhm. When you rename the second group, the first group reappears?
No, when I attempt the sequence in the other order: ie first G r
lists.foo.bounces to old.foo.bounces (succeeds, renames
nnml-directory/lists/foo/bounces to nnml-directory/old/foo/bounces)
the entry in the *Group* buffer for nnml:lists.foo remains behind, but
is inaccessible
Retrieving newsgroup: nnml:lists.foo...
nnml-directory/lists/foo/ is not a directory
Couldn't request group nnml:lists.foo: nnml-directory/lists/foo/ is not a directory
and any attempt to G r it to old.foo fails
Renaming group nnml:list.foo.bounces to nnml:old.foo.bounces...
Couldn't rename group nnml:lists.foo.bounces to nnml:old.foo.bounces
because there is no longer an intermediate directory lists/foo, it's
now old/foo.
The problem is due to the nesting dependency as you can see.
-Neil Crellin <neilc@stanford.edu>
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