[Q] non updated secondary newsgroups

[Q] non updated secondary newsgroups

[Didier Verna]

                Hi!

        I have two nntp secondary servers in my gnus-secondary-select-methods.

The groups from these servers are usually *not* updated when I type 'g' or
even 'C-u t g' (hard reread of active files). I don't have an exact recipe for
this, unfortunately. However, when these groups are not updated, doing a 'M-g'
(update this group only) *always* updates the group correctly.

        After some investigation, it appears that the active information used
when calling gnus-get-unread-article-in-group is different when using 'g' or
'M-g'. In the first case, the active info appears not to be up-to-date.

        I don't have enough understanding of this code to investigate further,
given the time I have. I'd be grateful if anybody has an idea.


        Thanks.

-- 
    /     /   _   _       Didier Verna       http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier
 - / / - / / /_/ /        EPITA / LRDE         mailto:didier@lrde.epita.fr
/_/ / /_/ / /__ /      14-16 rue Voltaire        Tel. +33 (1) 53 14 59 47
                   94276 Kremlin-Bicêtre cedex   Fax. +33 (1) 44 08 01 99

Re: [Q] non updated secondary newsgroups

[Steven E. Harris]

Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:

> After some investigation, it appears that the active information
> used when calling gnus-get-unread-article-in-group is different when
> using 'g' or 'M-g'. In the first case, the active info appears not
> to be up-to-date.

I've noticed this behavior with some of my nnimap groups - but only
after my ISP changed their mail server version. Simon J. and I have
exchanged some log files to help analyze the problem. I assumed it was
an IMAP-related problem. Simon, do you think Didier's description is
related to mine?

-- 
Steven E. Harris        :: seh@speakeasy.org
GnuPG                   :: 0x70248E67

Re: [Q] non updated secondary newsgroups

[Simon Josefsson]

"Steven E. Harris" <sharris@speakeasy.org> writes:

> > After some investigation, it appears that the active information
> > used when calling gnus-get-unread-article-in-group is different when
> > using 'g' or 'M-g'. In the first case, the active info appears not
> > to be up-to-date.
> 
> I've noticed this behavior with some of my nnimap groups - but only
> after my ISP changed their mail server version. Simon J. and I have
> exchanged some log files to help analyze the problem. I assumed it was
> an IMAP-related problem. Simon, do you think Didier's description is
> related to mine?

Yup.  The IMAP log files looked fine as far as I remember, so it's
likely to be a Gnus problem (suggesting it's the same problem as
Didier's).  I also remember seeing something similar with the function
Didier mentioned, but that code is too hairy for me.