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29.0.60; Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at various places

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From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.60; Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at various places
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:59:56 +0530

I have a group buffer in which the INBOX group shows 10 unread
articles. But when I press RET on that group, the minibuffer asks, "How
many articles from INBOX (default 205):".

Normally, this query occurs if the number of unread articles are more
than 200.

Surprizingly, this happens only with one INBOX group. On other groups,
Gnus works fine.


In GNU Emacs 29.0.60 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version
 3.24.24, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-02-06 built on anant
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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61328: 29.0.60;
 Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at various places
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:39:46 -0800

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> I have a group buffer in which the INBOX group shows 10 unread
> articles. But when I press RET on that group, the minibuffer asks, "How
> many articles from INBOX (default 205):".
>
> Normally, this query occurs if the number of unread articles are more
> than 200.
>
> Surprizingly, this happens only with one INBOX group. On other groups,
> Gnus works fine.

The usual "solution" in these cases is to hit "M-g" on the group, which
sort of means "really update this group". Often that's enough to get the
numbers back in line.

Message #11 received at 61328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 61328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61328: 29.0.60; Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at
 various places
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 03:12:16 +0100

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:
>
> > I have a group buffer in which the INBOX group shows 10 unread
> > articles. But when I press RET on that group, the minibuffer asks, "How
> > many articles from INBOX (default 205):".
> >
> > Normally, this query occurs if the number of unread articles are more
> > than 200.
> >
> > Surprizingly, this happens only with one INBOX group. On other groups,
> > Gnus works fine.
>
> The usual "solution" in these cases is to hit "M-g" on the group, which
> sort of means "really update this group". Often that's enough to get the
> numbers back in line.

Or there are just "old" articles.

Michael.

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61328: 29.0.60;
 Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at various places
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 01:25:16 +0530

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:
>>
>> > I have a group buffer in which the INBOX group shows 10 unread
>> > articles. But when I press RET on that group, the minibuffer asks, "How
>> > many articles from INBOX (default 205):".
>> >
>> > Normally, this query occurs if the number of unread articles are more
>> > than 200.
>> >
>> > Surprizingly, this happens only with one INBOX group. On other groups,
>> > Gnus works fine.
>>
>> The usual "solution" in these cases is to hit "M-g" on the group, which
>> sort of means "really update this group". Often that's enough to get the
>> numbers back in line.
>
> Or there are just "old" articles.
>
Oh! I missed that. I have too many old articles marked with '!'.

Sorry for the noise. We can close this bug.

Message #19 received at 61328-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Cc: 61328-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61328: 29.0.60; Gnus unread articles count inconsistent at
 various places
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:55:01 +0100

Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org> writes:

> Oh! I missed that. I have too many old articles marked with '!'.
>
> Sorry for the noise. We can close this bug.

Ok, closing.

You might want to consider to change the value of
`gnus-group-line-format' to be more informative.  %R for example prints
the number of read articles, %T the number of ticked articles, etc (see
the docstring).

And / o in the summary shows (more) old articles.


Michael.

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