From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "積丹尼 Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Cc: 34502@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34502: Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file?
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:20:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3tvbn1oc3.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871ryrcx1r.5.fsf@jidanni.org> ("積丹尼 Dan Jacobson"'s message of "Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:16:48 +0800")
積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
>>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> LI> As you receive emails, the .overview file will get the entries from that
> LI> mail, and will keep growing. Is that what you're seeing?
>
> So that explains how "all the old mail disappears when the first new
> mail arrives."
OK, so your .overview file is never regenerated? That explains the mystery.
> Therefore gnus should be sure to check before blindly creating a new
> .overview file, just like I said at the top of this bug.
No, it's perfectly legitimate to blow out the .overview file if you want
to. If you don't want to, don't do that, then.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-15 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-02-16 19:26 bug#34502: Ask yourself, am I generating a NEW .overview file? 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-09 16:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-13 22:57 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-14 11:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-15 11:12 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-15 11:36 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-07-15 12:16 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2019-07-15 12:20 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-07-15 12:56 ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
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