* gnus-art.el (gnus-parse-news-url): New function.

[gnus] / lisp / gnus-start.el

diff --git a/lisp/gnus-start.el b/lisp/gnus-start.el
index 8a3dd72..07c8908 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/gnus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus-start.el
@@ -2075,6 +2075,11 @@ If FORCE is non-nil, the .newsrc file is read."
         (unless (gnus-yes-or-no-p
                  (format "Error in %s; continue? " ding-file))
           (error "Error in %s" ding-file))))
+      ;; Older versions of `gnus-format-specs' are no longer valid
+      ;; in Oort Gnus 0.01.
+      (when (< (gnus-continuum-version gnus-newsrc-file-version)
+              5.090002)
+       (setq gnus-format-specs nil))
       (when gnus-newsrc-assoc
        (setq gnus-newsrc-alist gnus-newsrc-assoc)))
     (gnus-make-hashtable-from-newsrc-alist)