GNU bug report logs - #13833
24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:09:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.2.93

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 13833-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 13833-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13833: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 05:05:19 -0700
Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
>>> friends) supported SOCKS.
>> There is lisp/net/socks.el.  Unfortunately the implementation overwrites
>> open-network-stream using defalias.  That is terrible.
>
> Yes, that's a bug.
>
>> Maybe add-function could be used here?
>
> You mean add-advice?  Yes, that would be better at least.

Nothing has happened here within 11 years.  This bug is basically a
request to generally improve SOCKS support, which would absolutely be a
good thing.  However, it will be hard to make any progress on that
without a patch.  Meanwhile, some things have changed, and others have
improved.

I'm therefore closing this bug report now, until such a time that anyone
takes on the job of taking a look at improving our SOCKS support.




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