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

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:

>>>>>> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@siamics.net> writes:
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> […]
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>  >> I didn’t.  The person who brought this issue to IRC has apparently
>  >> used something like (nnimap "imap.gmail.com") for
>  >> gnus-select-method.
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>  >> Though indeed, I know of no reason /not/ to set
>  >> gnus-save-newsrc-file to nil in this case.
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>  > 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),
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>       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.

Ah, my apologies -- just a similar-looking problem, then.

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

Sorry, didn't quite understand this -- did you mean just start another
bug report?