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25.1.50; In last master build https connections stop working

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Message #188 received at 22789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alain Schneble <a.s <at> realize.ch>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, j_l_domenech <at> yahoo.com, 22789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22789: 25.1.50;
 In last master build https connections stop working
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:25:20 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Alain Schneble <a.s <at> realize.ch>
>> CC: <larsi <at> gnus.org>, <j_l_domenech <at> yahoo.com>, <22789 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
>> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 16:36:03 +0100
>> 
>> There is one strange thing I'm observing though.  If I constantly hover
>> over the Window with the mouse, also then, not all images get downloaded
>> most of the time.  The reason then is, as mentioned in a previous post,
>> some of the gnutls_try_handshake calls return -10
>> GNUTLS_E_INVALID_SESSION.  So there must still be another issue, because
>> with the mouse hovering, it seems to me that it enters the loop enough
>> frequently to do TRT.
>
> I have no doubt there are w32 aspects to this problem.  But I see no
> reason to try debugging that as long as this machinery doesn't work
> well on Posix hosts, because we will bump into issues that have
> nothing to do with how w32 emulates Posix functionality.  Especially
> if we are now seriously discussing radical changes in the design (like
> running the handshake from a timer or such likes), which, if
> implemented will change the code significantly, and will no doubt
> affect what the w32 port needs (or doesn't meed) to do to support
> that.
>
> IOW, let's return to the w32-specific issues when the dust settles on
> the Posix code.

Ok, that sounds wise.

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