+ ;; Go through the list of servers and possibly extend methods that
+ ;; aren't equal (and that need extension; i.e., they are async).
+ (let ((methods nil))
+ (dolist (elem type-cache)
+ (destructuring-bind (method method-type infos dummy) elem
+ (let ((gnus-opened-servers methods))
+ (when (and (gnus-similar-server-opened method)
+ (gnus-check-backend-function
+ 'retrieve-group-data-early (car method)))
+ (setq method (gnus-server-extend-method
+ (gnus-info-group (car infos))
+ method))
+ (setcar elem method))
+ (push (list method 'ok) methods)))))
+
+ ;; If we have primary/secondary select methods, but no groups from
+ ;; them, we still want to issue a retrieval request from them.
+ (dolist (method (cons gnus-select-method
+ gnus-secondary-select-methods))
+ (when (and (not (assoc method type-cache))
+ (gnus-check-backend-function 'request-list (car method)))
+ (with-current-buffer nntp-server-buffer
+ (gnus-read-active-file-1 method nil))))