Re: FIXED: Reproducible agent-related server duplication.

[Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>]

Gaute B Strokkenes <biggaute@uwc.net> writes:

> On 24 nov 2003, kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com wrote:
>
>> Gaute B Strokkenes <biggaute@uwc.net> writes:
>>
>>> The filestamp on my copy is from early July, and the content is
>>> still the same old scrambled hodgepodge (as discussed in private
>>> mail).
>>
>> True. So far, gnus has been internally converting the old format to
>> the new.  What you probably want to do, but are not required to do,
>> is edit the list of agentized servers.  That will trigger an update
>> to the servers file.  So, open the server buffer then use 'J r' and
>> 'J a' to change which servers are agentized then undo the change.
>
> Alas, this doesn't quite seem to work.  I managed to remove and add my
> gmane entry without problems, but when I try `J r' with my main
> server, I get "Server not in the agent program".  (Curiously enough `J
> a' leads to "Server not in the agent program".)  My *Server* buffer
> looks like:
>
>      {nnfolder:archive} (opened)
>      {nntp:news.gmane.org} (opened) (agent)
>      {nnml:} (opened)
>      {nntp:nntp-serv.cam.ac.uk} (offline) (agent)
>
> News/agent/lib/server:
> --8<--
> ("nntp:news.gmane.org" "native")
> --8<--
>
>> Each update will trigger a file update so, when you are done, you'll
>> have the same list of agentized servers with the updated servers
>> file.
>
> Well, we're getting there, slowly but surely ^_^

Gaute,
Thanks for the info.  I'm fairly certain that I know the cause (the
main server is aliased as "native" in the list).  I'll get the fix out
tomorrow.
Kevin