Obscure bug with .newsrc

Obscure bug with .newsrc

[d. hall]

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If gnus-save-newsrc-file is set to nil, and activate (gnus-group-restart)
function, it seems to erase groups from the group buffer.  I did this
accidentally today when I typed R when I forgot my focus was on the Emac X
window.  At first I thought it just decided to hide them by switching
displayed levels on me, but L did not produce my missing newsgroups.  In
gnus.el the function (gnus-group-restart)

(defun gnus-group-restart (&optional arg)
  "Force Gnus to read the .newsrc file."
  (interactive "P")
  (gnus-save-newsrc-file)
  (gnus-setup-news 'force)
  (gnus-group-list-groups arg))

Should a check be made before asking gnus-setup-news via 'force?  Or maybe
bugging out as soon as we know we're not supposed to read the newsrc file.
It's a matter of capibility and second guessing the user's intentions.

d.
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Re: Obscure bug with .newsrc

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

"d. hall" <dhall@illusion.apk.net> writes:

> If gnus-save-newsrc-file is set to nil, and activate (gnus-group-restart)
> function, it seems to erase groups from the group buffer.  I did this
> accidentally today when I typed R when I forgot my focus was on the Emac X
> window.  At first I thought it just decided to hide them by switching
> displayed levels on me, but L did not produce my missing newsgroups.  In
> gnus.el the function (gnus-group-restart)
> 
> (defun gnus-group-restart (&optional arg)
>   "Force Gnus to read the .newsrc file."
>   (interactive "P")
>   (gnus-save-newsrc-file)
>   (gnus-setup-news 'force)
>   (gnus-group-list-groups arg))
> 
> Should a check be made before asking gnus-setup-news via 'force?  Or maybe
> bugging out as soon as we know we're not supposed to read the newsrc file.
> It's a matter of capibility and second guessing the user's intentions.

I don't quite understand.  The FORCE parameter says that the .newsrc
file is to be read.  Does reading the .newsrc file kill groups off?
It certainly shouldn't!

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