bug#18198: Gnus fails to read ~/.newsrc with group names which are not symbols

[Ivan Shmakov]

>>>>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

[…]

 >> I didn’t.  The person who brought this issue to IRC has apparently
 >> used something like (nnimap "imap.gmail.com") for
 >> gnus-select-method.

 >> Though indeed, I know of no reason /not/ to set
 >> gnus-save-newsrc-file to nil in this case.

 > This was discussed on the gnus.general list, and I produced a fix for
 > it (at least, I'm 95% sure it's the same issue),

        It isn’t, – the one #18198 is about is that Gnus fails to read
        ~/.newsrc it produces back; the one you suggest a patch for is
        about the (mis)use of ‘read’ in the Gnus IMAP implementation.

 > and then apparently never sent the patch to the list, despite having
 > thought I did.  Attaching the patch here.

        I believe that the information regarding (possible) bugs –
        including patches – should be sent to the BTS /first./

        This way, it’s easier to add late follow-ups, /and/ it still
        ends up in a mailing list (the bug-gnu-emacs@ one, that is.)

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