From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: using GnuTLS 3.x and certificate checks Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zjxumbjf.fsf@wanadoo.es> <87sj3jaqfs.fsf@wanadoo.es> <83y5dazmpt.fsf@gnu.org> <86ehf2zefk.fsf@gmail.com> <86li9az2sw.fsf@gmail.com> <83hajyz1mi.fsf@gnu.org> <867gku88lx.fsf@gmail.com> <83a9pqysc5.fsf@gnu.org> <86sj3i6ndd.fsf@gmail.com> <83620eyonh.fsf@gnu.org> <86620dqmsd.fsf@gmail.com> <83r4j1xmim.fsf@gnu.org> <86y5d9p4oh.fsf@gmail.com> <83ppylxidt.fsf@gnu.org> <86txnxoz1k.fsf@gmail.com> <83hajxxd5c.fsf@gnu.org> <874nfxt219.fsf_-_@lifelogs.com> <87y5aozj3l.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87k3m8wa44.fsf@lifelogs.com> <877gi7wfr7.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87pprgzplk.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1381448258 8051 80.91.229.3 (10 Oct 2013 23:37:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:37:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 11 01:37:42 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPna-0007yb-GM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:37:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51720 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPna-0000VG-60 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPnW-0000V8-Vw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:40 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPnV-0006Nq-Q5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPnV-0006Nm-Lz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:37 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VUPnU-0005v6-Ub; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:37:37 -0400 X-Spook: Echelon bootleg Capricorn UNSCOM BLU-97 A/B gamma CDC CIDA X-Ran: hjSm%jl[-<:V)C{n$O02Kba:!G8Dvs;Y>tF`$+`SyzwR'd*_Gt[_xE0=s=X\6!_f5u2PAf X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87pprgzplk.fsf@flea.lifelogs.com> (Ted Zlatanov's message of "Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:24:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:164071 Archived-At: Ted Zlatanov wrote: > echo " Does Emacs use -lgnutls? ${HAVE_GNUTLS}" > +echo " Does Emacs use -lgnutls v3 (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)? ${HAVE_GNUTLS3}" I dislike that message appearing there, plus it's misleading (in that I guess you meant: if you are using Emacs with GnuTLS, then V3 is highly recommended; rather than: everybody using Emacs for anything is strongly recommended to build it with GnuTLS v3). If you really feel strongly about it, how about ignoring (with a warning at detection time) GnuTLS < 3 unless "--with-old-gnutls" (or somesuch) is explicitly specified?