From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/59916 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthias Andree Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: cache shadows postings after article number reset Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:29 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1109384840 5360 80.91.229.2 (26 Feb 2005 02:27:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 02:27:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Original-X-From: ding-owner+M8457@lists.math.uh.edu Sat Feb 26 03:27:20 2005 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13] ident=mail) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D4rfi-0007YR-PN for ding-account@gmane.org; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:27:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1D4rfL-0006IM-00; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:26:47 -0600 Original-Received: from util2.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.23]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1D4rfD-0006IG-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:26:39 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by util2.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D4rfA-0005kI-V1 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:26:37 -0600 Original-Received: from krusty.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de ([129.217.163.1] helo=mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1D4rf7-0002Qt-00 for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 203DB44023; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (krusty [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 01776-07; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:31 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from m2a2.dyndns.org (p508EF3D3.dip.t-dialin.net [80.142.243.211]) by mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1184F44021; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 312C277DCA; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:30 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from merlin.emma.line.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (m2a2.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04250-10-2; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:29 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by merlin.emma.line.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 433C578151; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 03:26:29 +0100 (CET) Original-To: Kevin Greiner In-Reply-To: (Kevin Greiner's message of "Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:47:52 -0600") X-PGP-Key: http://home.pages.de/~mandree/keys/GPGKEY.asc User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de X-Spam-Score: -4.7 (----) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu X-MailScanner-From: ding-owner+m8457@lists.math.uh.edu X-MailScanner-To: ding-account@gmane.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59916 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:59916 Kevin Greiner writes: > Matthias Andree writes: > >> Hi, >> >> one of my newsservers recently reset article numbers. For a particular >> group, the numbers are in the 500,000-510,000 range, but from the "old >> times", I have an article in the 800,000 range in the cache for that >> group. Any new articles arriving with a lower number aren't shown by >> Gnus. >> >> Are there any settings I can change to overcome this? Or can I just >> "move down" article numbers in the cache? Do I need to regenerate >> indexes or something after renaming for instance 876,543 to 12,345? > > A couple of options exist. > > The easiest is to simply delete the agent directory for the group. > You'll loose all of your off-line content. Not agentised, but articles cached (saved, archived) with the [*] key. > The next harder is to open the agent directory. Delete the file named > .overview then rename each article file to its new number. When > you're done, go to the summary buffer, position point on the group in > question then enter M-x gnus-agent-regenerate-group. This will > preserve your off-line articles but you have to fetch the active > headers. Will consider that next time. Thanks. -- Matthias Andree