+ ;; 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))))
+