GNU bug report logs - #31339
25.3.50; package-list-packages does not provide useful error when gnutls-cli is missing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 02:35:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.3.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #30 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 31339 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#31339: 25.3.50; package-list-packages does not provide useful
 error when gnutls-cli is missing
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2019 03:06:05 +0200
tags 31339 + wontfix
close 31339
quit

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

> Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Yes.
>> But the comment you are replying to predates tls.el being in lisp/obsolete.
>
> Ah, OK.  But then perhaps this bug report can be closed now if that
> warning is sufficient?

Agreed, and --

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

> Actually, we deprecated tls.el and gnutls-cli, and we now ask users to
> build Emacs with the GnuTLS library, which enables these features
> internally.  I don't think investing efforts in improving a deprecated
> feature would be a good investment of our resources.

So I'm closing this as wontfix.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas




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