'retrieve-group-data-early (car method)))
(when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method))
(gnus-request-scan nil method))
+ ;; Store the token we get back from -early so that we
+ ;; can pass it to -finish later.
(setcar (nthcdr 3 elem)
(gnus-retrieve-group-data-early method infos)))))))
(defun gnus-read-active-for-groups (method infos early-data)
(with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
(cond
+ ;; Finish up getting the data from the methods that have -early
+ ;; methods.
((and
(gnus-check-backend-function 'finish-retrieve-group-infos (car method))
infos
(gnus-online method)))
(gnus-finish-retrieve-group-infos method infos early-data)
(gnus-agent-save-active method))
+ ;; Most backends have -retrieve-groups.
((and (gnus-check-backend-function 'retrieve-groups (car method))
infos)
(when (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-scan (car method))
(dolist (info infos (nreverse groups))
(push (gnus-group-real-name (gnus-info-group info)) groups))
method)))
+ ;; Virtually all backends have -request-list.
((gnus-check-backend-function 'request-list (car method))
- (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil infos))
+ (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil))
+ ;; Except nnvirtual and friends, where we request each group, one
+ ;; by one.
(t
(dolist (info infos)
(gnus-activate-group (gnus-info-group info) nil nil method t))))))
(message "Quit reading the active file")
nil))))))))
-(defun gnus-read-active-file-1 (method force &optional infos)
+(defun gnus-read-active-file-1 (method force)
(let (where mesg)
(setq where (nth 1 method)
mesg (format "Reading active file%s via %s..."