Re: killed groups / updating newsrc.el

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From: Richard Pieri
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 01:32

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>>>>> In article <By6vxt.3pB@cs.psu.edu>, liblit@cs.psu.edu (Benjamin
>>>>> R. Liblit) writes:

BRL> I'm sure there's a simple hook for this, but my brain hurts today, so
BRL> I'm calling for ideas.

BRL> Consider the following sequence of actions:

BRL> 	1. Enter GNUS
BRL> 	2. Kill some groups via "C-k" or (gnus-Group-kill-group)
BRL> 	3. Save all buffers via "C-u C-x s" or (save-some-buffers 't)

Here is the problem. You should just use "s" (gnus-Group-force-update)
to properly update the .newsrc.el file. Unfortunately, GNUS may not
always realize that .newsrc.el is out of date, and thus the problem.
Without digging through masses of GNUS' code, I suspect that the date/
time comparison between .newsrc and .newsrc.el is only using part of
the date/timestamp.

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