GNU bug report logs - #26835
26.0.50; url-retrieve no longer raises certificate errors

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Reported by: Aaron Jensen <aaronjensen <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Found in version 26.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 26835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, aaronjensen <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#26835: 26.0.50; url-retrieve no longer raises certificate errors
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:51:30 +0200

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

>> (As an aside, perhaps url-retrieve-synchronously should be opening the
>> socket with :nowait nil?)
>
> Yes, I had a similar thought while I was reading the code.

And if we have :nowait nil in that case, then the error will be thrown
as advertised.

So I think I'll just make that change...  somehow.  (The URL code is,
er, funny.)

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