bug#62812: [PATCH] Re: bug#62812: 29.0.60; Persistent article cache not working properly

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
> Cc: James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>,  Andrew G Cohen <cohen@andy.bu.edu>,
>   62812@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:47:17 -0700
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>
> >> Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 19:07:51 +0530
> >> 
> >> James Thomas wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Turned out to be a trivial fix:
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
> >> > index e8f157392d4..904b564409a 100644
> >> > --- a/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
> >> > +++ b/lisp/gnus/nnmail.el
> >> > @@ -667,7 +667,9 @@ nnmail-parse-active
> >> >  		  (cond ((symbolp group)
> >> >  			 (symbol-name group))
> >> >  			((numberp group)
> >> > -			 (number-to-string group))))
> >> > +			 (number-to-string group))
> >> > +                        ((stringp group)
> >> > +			 group)))
> >> >  	    (if (and (numberp (setq max (read buffer)))
> >> >  		     (numberp (setq min (read buffer))))
> >> >  		(push (list group (cons min max))
> >> 
> >> And it'll merely make it the same as this already-existing code
> >> elsewhere:
> >> 
> >> diff -u --label ./lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el --label \#\<buffer\ gnus-start.el\> ./lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el /tmp/buffer-content-IYvzRp
> >> --- ./lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
> >> +++ #<buffer gnus-start.el>
> >> @@ -2149,8 +2149,6 @@
> >>  					     (number-to-string group))
> >>  					    ((symbolp group)
> >>  					     (symbol-name group))
> >> -					    ((stringp group)
> >> -					     group)))))
> >>  		     (numberp (setq max (read cur)))
> >>  		     (numberp (setq min (read cur)))
> >>  		     (null (progn
> >> 
> >> --
> >
> > Eric, Andrew: any comments?
> 
> Yes! This looks like a correct fix to me.

OK, but now I'm confused regarding which change(s) to install.  This
discussion includes 3 changes, so which ones are proposed and
approved?  James, would you please post a single consolidated patch
you think should be installed, with the appropriate commit log
message?

Thanks.