GNU bug report logs - #28596
Gnus gets into an ambiguous plugged/unplugged state that prevents retrieval of news

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)

Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.60

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com (N. Jackson)
To: 28596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28596: 26.0.60;
 [Gnus] Checking mail is no longer reliable and C-g no longer quits
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:03:01 -0400

At 11:01 -0400 on Monday 2017-09-25, N. Jackson wrote:
>
> I think, but am not yet certain, that the problem only occurs when
> checking mail/news after putting Gnus back into the "plugged"
> state after it has been "unplugged". For example, starting Gnus
> with `M-x gnus-unplugged' and then "plugging" it with
> `gnus-agent-toggle-plugged' and then checking mail/news, (maybe)
> seems to create the problem right off the bat.

No. It turns out that this is not sufficient to trigger the bug. But I
still think it might be necessary to have been in the "unplugged" state
for the bug to manifest -- I will report back with more information if
it becomes apparent.

N.
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