GNU bug report logs - #34502
Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file?

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 19:32:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 5.13

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 34502 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34502: Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file?
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:56:06 +0800

I'm saying that blindly generating a short overview file when the next
message arrives will cause the user to lose all their other mail.

You might argue that the mail is still there, but try telling that to
the user.

The overview file might be gone for many reasons. E.g., full disks
recently, etc.

It is irresponsible and careless to not add a simple check for the
situation I reported.
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