Subject: Re: [bug#27784] [PATCH] gnu: quassel: Enable SSL

From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:37:49 +0200

Hello!

Ryan Moe <[email-masked]> writes:

> This allows quasselclient to connect to SSL-enabled quasselcore
> instances.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-ssl-check.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it.
> * gnu/packages/irc.scm (quassel)[arguments]: Use it.

[...]

> diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-ssl-check.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-ssl-check.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000..f825cb77e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/quassel-fix-ssl-check.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> +The check in qglobal.h requires -fPIC (not -fPIE as it
> +is now). When this check fails SSL is disabled.
> +
> +This patch comes from upstream master and can be removed when
> +the next version is packaged.

Can you add the URL to the relevant upstream commit? Apart from that
this LGTM.

Thanks!