Merge changes made in Gnus trunk.

[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / gnus / gnus-start.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
index 60ca5ae..0740916 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.el
@@ -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))