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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2012-01-09 09:36:10 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2012-01-09 09:36:10 -0800
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Merge from trunk.
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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
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--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
;;; gnus-start.el --- startup functions for Gnus
-;; Copyright (C) 1996-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1996-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; Keywords: news
@@ -1451,7 +1451,11 @@ newsgroup."
(defun gnus-activate-group (group &optional scan dont-check method
dont-sub-check)
"Check whether a group has been activated or not.
-If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well."
+If SCAN, request a scan of that group as well. If METHOD, use
+that select method instead of determining the method based on the
+group name. If DONT-CHECK, don't check check whether the group
+actually exists. If DONT-SUB-CHECK or DONT-CHECK, don't let the
+backend check whether the group actually exists."
(let ((method (or method (inline (gnus-find-method-for-group group))))
active)
(and (inline (gnus-check-server method))