From unknown Tue Jun 17 20:09:30 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#9958 <9958@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#9958 <9958@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles Reply-To: bug#9958 <9958@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 03:09:30 +0000 retitle 9958 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded artic= les reassign 9958 emacs,gnus submitter 9958 Sven Joachim severity 9958 normal tag 9958 fixed thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Nov 05 03:57:35 2011 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Nov 2011 07:57:35 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb8A-0004eE-UH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:57:35 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb89-0004e7-6k for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:57:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb5Z-0006gZ-7H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:54:54 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:32914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb5Z-0006gV-5p for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:54:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42913) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb5Y-0000yR-Gm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:54:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb5X-0006gF-Jo for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:54:52 -0400 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:50140) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMb5X-0006fd-42 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:54:51 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 05 Nov 2011 07:54:47 -0000 Received: from p4FC77F97.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [79.199.127.151] by mail.gmx.net (mp006) with SMTP; 05 Nov 2011 08:54:47 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18/Up9ckv8/yrtPl958/bsMvXb6gRrbgSkgHwBUBc 6mihtFo7+CHGQf Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2B59C3F567; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 08:54:47 +0100 (CET) From: Sven Joachim To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles X-Debbugs-Cc: Sven Joachim Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:54:46 +0100 Message-ID: <87zkgbvwah.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) Package: Emacs,Gnus My ~/News directory ballooned to several hundred megabytes since I switched from Emacs 23.3/No Gnus 0.17 to Emacs 24/Gnus 5.13 six weeks ago. I found out this is because the agent stores copies of the full articles, rather than just the headers, under ~/News/agent, as requested in bug #8502. Note that I don't use IMAP, just NNTP (Gmane). While this probably makes sense, there should be an easy way to clear the cache and free up disk space. I ended up running find ~/News/agent -name "[0-9]*" -delete which is not what people should have to do, IMHO. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 14:08:44 2012 Received: (at 9958) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2012 19:08:44 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjF9f-0006Am-W7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:44 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjF9d-0006Ae-5y for 9958@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:08:42 -0500 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjF61-0002Zr-IU; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:04:57 +0100 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen To: Sven Joachim Subject: Re: bug#9958: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles References: <87zkgbvwah.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEUAL6grS7fBo+oAHpb+ zP7+0f7+x/4AJ5/DItk6AAACE0lEQVQ4jXWUTY+jMAyGAa3olURdeoUo4rwrDj0vcnIflHBuUcZn upWGv7824aMzu2upavU+9etgOyTtdZ6SGKfkNQjMyb+i/Y+eHFbzV/BbcdTiJaLVByIAWMRAX94P GPqYkTNwhFj23gbsYkaOUEsCARzpvdK+X61C14waICY4328gR1tL2ICvyxcwNlzBsD6YYQXXD0Cl 9J5Sn48aMCpSTYhe/gWAJ9AJ/Teg0wIa8xnkgeWt+AGunMEgRODMboVLF1VYlS/zmBICw5d58ERS QcDFXHXMAynAOA/eOHB2LU6iZeC5uwT8AWABy3mNcyvgCQYGgYx6NVLb7D6ogHcxcmfekntWwp4B VXbPbgz6tFNnBqelRqiysbxpBg10BE60SwygU9hUZwIDFQgETnPsVQMIY0nHGlLOwA2gCPQ3C06D 6MZvlEF9aluqUWgEVQQnQVbqBaAMgEVyJiNVyA3wJupx1FXW9ImupikHO8/xVHhP7+ktgz4Lt0ls gK0ujyopMugy+CVVDriCYC+TKEQqO2XrsyXrvfhFyKquMk9PGrCEAwh++LfvxlpUglZ2ryG7AO+9 9tR8iaXFHaTWOJ4Srx0coGlODZhlTQ198qaJ4CHSeeIrKZWs6Zam6SMCCl6heaazHBHBj5TfGAWv V0KYXhZtBD/Z6RLveEGg3QCbHVaLsAEizyjOz+cnwLFoz/j7D4mVCaX0ZRJQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC X-Now-Playing: Bill Wells's _Lemondale_: "Mizu Tori" Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:04:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87zkgbvwah.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> (Sven Joachim's message of "Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:54:46 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MailScanner-ID: 1RjF61-0002Zr-IU X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1326481497.90605@YRm34mz26KsXShzFWUaxBQ X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9958 Cc: 9958@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Sven Joachim writes: > While this probably makes sense, there should be an easy way to clear > the cache and free up disk space. I ended up running > > find ~/News/agent -name "[0-9]*" -delete > > which is not what people should have to do, IMHO. If you're using the Agent, then saying `M-x gnus-agent-expire' once in a while is required (if you want stuff to be removed). Doesn't that work? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/ From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 15:17:03 2012 Received: (at 9958) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2012 20:17:03 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjGDn-000067-6M for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:17:03 -0500 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]) by debbugs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjGDk-00005Q-7C for 9958@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:17:01 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 06 Jan 2012 20:13:21 -0000 Received: from p4FF89006.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO turtle.gmx.de) [79.248.144.6] by mail.gmx.net (mp072) with SMTP; 06 Jan 2012 21:13:21 +0100 X-Authenticated: #28250155 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18ipQd19BsiWVKoFaObVofMxVU5zWx9U7GCl0hZOv DQTPRm5cbqeQYu Received: by turtle.gmx.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 97C6D3F484; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 21:13:17 +0100 (CET) From: Sven Joachim To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Subject: Re: bug#9958: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles References: <87zkgbvwah.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:13:17 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:04:56 +0100") Message-ID: <8739bsfv36.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9958 Cc: 9958@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) On 2012-01-06 20:04 +0100, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Sven Joachim writes: > >> While this probably makes sense, there should be an easy way to clear >> the cache and free up disk space. I ended up running >> >> find ~/News/agent -name "[0-9]*" -delete >> >> which is not what people should have to do, IMHO. > > If you're using the Agent, then saying `M-x gnus-agent-expire' once in a > while is required (if you want stuff to be removed). Doesn't that work? Apparently not, since gnus-agent-expire has been in my gnus-exit-gnus-hook for several years, long before gnus-agent-store-article was invented. Cheers, Sven From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 17:32:53 2012 Received: (at 9958) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2012 22:32:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjILE-0003yP-M5 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:32:53 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjILB-0003yG-T9 for 9958@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:32:51 -0500 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjIHY-0005qf-Pu; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:29:04 +0100 From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen To: Sven Joachim Subject: Re: bug#9958: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles References: <87zkgbvwah.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> <8739bsfv36.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> X-Now-Playing: Corrupted's _Llenandose de Gusanos (2)_: "VIII - El Mundo" Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:29:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: <8739bsfv36.fsf@turtle.gmx.de> (Sven Joachim's message of "Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:13:17 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-MailScanner-ID: 1RjIHY-0005qf-Pu X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1326493745.41014@oIvdnn1/+z8MqMbF5Dq4sQ X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9958 Cc: 9958@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Sven Joachim writes: > Apparently not, since gnus-agent-expire has been in my > gnus-exit-gnus-hook for several years, long before > gnus-agent-store-article was invented. Ah, right. The new caching code didn't enter the messages into the right Agent control structures, so they were never deleted. Fixed now. (That is, messages already cached by the new mechanism will have to be deleted manually, but new messages should be expired the normal way.) -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/ From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jan 06 17:32:54 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Jan 2012 22:32:54 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjILG-0003yb-FX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:32:54 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjILD-0003yM-VZ for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:32:52 -0500 Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RjIHc-0005qt-0E for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:29:08 +0100 Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:29:07 +0100 Message-Id: To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Subject: control message for bug #9958 X-MailScanner-ID: 1RjIHc-0005qt-0E X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1326493748.38252@Bxp4YIzYpXQ/ldjCYGE71g X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) tags 9958 fixed close 9958 24.1 From unknown Tue Jun 17 20:09:30 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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