GNU bug report logs - #18198
Gnus fails to read ~/.newsrc with group names which are not symbols

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>

Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 10:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 18198 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18198: Gnus fails to read ~/.newsrc with group names which are not symbols
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 19:24:49 +0100

Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net> writes:

> 	As long as theres no clear indication from Gnus that ~/.newsrc
> 	could easily break when used together with nnimap (and possibly
> 	other similar select methods), Id rather deem it a bug in Gnus.

It should perhaps not create a .newsrc file at all when
gnus-select-method isn't an NNTP method?  I think I'll just make that
change instead.

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