bug#9017: 24.0.50; gnutls.c: [0] (Emacs) fatal error: Key usage violation in certificate has been detected.

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:06:51 -0500 "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org> wrote: 

RW> With emacs 23, I need 

RW> (setq starttls-extra-arguments '("--priority" "normal:-dhe-rsa"))

RW> Otherwise, I get likewise the "Key usage violation in certificate".
RW> This setting has been buried in my .emacs for so long I almost
RW> forgot this. For details, see

RW> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnutls/2009-05/msg00042.html

RW> Unfortunately, there is not too much I can do about the fact that I
RW> need these extra gnutls argument. Anyway, could it be that I would
RW> need to do something similar for the new builtin code?

I'm unable to get online for at least another week so please don't wait
for me on any GnuTLS-related issues.

Regarding this, this is just changing the priority string.  gnutls.el
doesn't have a facility for that but it's pretty easy to define a new
defcustom, it's just a string (see `gnutls-negotiate').  Doing it by
host is slightly more complicated but still not too bad.

If you can wait for me, I'll do this; otherwise Lars or someone else can
make the change.

Thanks
Ted