Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Fri, Oct 07, 2016 at 10:42:38AM -0400, Kei Kebreau wrote:
>> I get the same problem here. Lynx does mention that GnuTLS support is
>> experimental. Your and Tobias' page work using OpenSSL instead. Try the
>> new patch attached.
>
>> From ee3a889e6902686de4d7c949afcb8cd4a810bd0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
>> Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 10:36:11 -0400
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: lynx: Support HTTPS (SSL) connections
>> 
>> * gnu/packages/lynx.scm (lynx)[inputs]: Add 'openssl' and remove 'gnutls'.
>> [arguments]: Add configure flags for OpenSSL support; remove configure flags
>> for GnuTLS support.
>
> Thanks, this works for me.
>
> I think it's fine to use the "dev" releases with GnuTLS too. Debian and
> Fedora both use them.

I can confirm that lynx 2.8.9dev.9 works properly with GnuTLS. Should we
use the current stable release with OpenSSL or the development release
with GnuTLS? And if we use the development release, should I submit the
patches as a single version bump with the necessary small adjustments?