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[PATCH] Make cache regeneration work in group names with /

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 70994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
Subject: bug#70994: [PATCH] Make cache regeneration work in group names with /
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 17:59:47 -0700

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> James Thomas via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
> text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Reproduction steps for bug:
>>
>> - emacs -Q
>> - (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
>>     '((nnatom "github.com/vedang/pdf-tools/commits.atom")))
>>   (setq gnus-select-method '(nnnil ""))
>> - M-x gnus
>> - Open a message in the new group and press *
>> - Add the cache virtual server (info "(gnus) Creating a Virtual Server")
>> - ^ (server buffer) and: g on the cache
>> - RET to open (fails)
>>
>> This is a possible fix that I've tested only on my (limited) setup, for
>> now:
>
> Eric, what do you think of the below patch?

Thanks for the bump...

James, wasn't this what bug#69517 was supposed to be fixing? I'm still
feeling like we're patching pinhole leaks in a fundamentally broken
system.

For the cache active file, wouldn't it be easier just to wrap the group
name in double quotes?

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