Re: Gnus agent IO error: Is a directory

[CHENG Gao]

*On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:24:28 +0300
* Also sprach Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>:

> On 2009-08-16 21:08 (+0300), Teemu Likonen wrote:
>
>> I have tried to use Gnus agent a couple of times but so far it hasn't
>> been exactly a pleasant experience. I have pretty much default settings
>> and all my nntp servers are agentized. Now, in Group buffer I go plugged
>> (Jj), check new news (g), download them (Js) and go unplugged (Jj)
>> again. Fine.
>>
>> Then I enter some group and read news. When exiting from the Summary
>> buffer it gives me ugly error messages (see below). I answered "yes" to
>> both of those questions and got back to Group buffer. Can I get rid of
>> those errors? Looks like there's a bug in Gnus.
>
> I'm not alone. Someone else reported the same problem more than a year
> and a half ago. Sadly, there were no replies at all:
>
>     http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/65960
>
> With Google I found the Emacs CVS commit which at least _seems_ to have
> introduced the error message in Emacs' Gnus. It's in file
> lisp/gnus/nntp.el.
>
> http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/emacs-diffs@gnu.org/7872545.html

Just a guess. Did you set nntp-marks-is-evil to t? If so, maybe you
could set it to nil and try again.

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