gnus-group.el: Make error reporting when doing `M-g' work again

nntp.el: Make nntp report connection errors better

lisp/gnus/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2012-02-01  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+	* gnus-group.el (gnus-group-get-new-news-this-group): Don't overwrite
+	the real error message with the useless "previously known to be down".
+	Which isn't even correct.
+
+	* nntp.el (nntp-open-connection): Report the error message if the nntp
+	server can't be reached.
+
 	* nnimap.el (nnimap-retrieve-group-data-early): Keep track of how many
 	groups we do a total scan for.
 	(nnimap-wait-for-response): Say that we're doing a total scan, if we're

lisp/gnus/gnus-group.el

@@ -4070,10 +4070,7 @@ If DONT-SCAN is non-nil, scan non-activated groups as well."
 	      (gnus-agent-save-group-info
 	       method (gnus-group-real-name group) active))
 	    (gnus-group-update-group group nil t))
-	(if (eq (gnus-server-status (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
-		'denied)
-	    (gnus-error 3 "Server previously determined to be down; not retrying")
-	  (gnus-error 3 "%s error: %s" group (gnus-status-message group)))))
+	(gnus-error 3 "%s error: %s" group (gnus-status-message group))))
     (when beg
       (goto-char beg))
     (when gnus-goto-next-group-when-activating

lisp/gnus/nntp.el

@@ -1385,6 +1385,10 @@ password contained in '~/.nntp-authinfo'."
       (nnheader-cancel-timer timer))
     (when (and process
 	       (not (memq (process-status process) '(open run))))
+      (with-current-buffer pbuffer
+	(goto-char (point-min))
+	(nnheader-report 'nntp "Error when connecting: %s"
+			 (buffer-substring (point) (line-end-position))))
       (setq process nil))
     (unless process
       (nntp-kill-buffer pbuffer))