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Cannot install Hyperbole: "Bad request"

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Message #15 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: gnu <at> crabapple.me.uk
Cc: 36810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36810: 26.2; package.el;
 package-refresh-contents, Bad Request (http over https)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 13:35:25 -0400

merge 36810 36725
quit

gnu <at> crabapple.me.uk writes:

> Replicate with:
> emacs -Q
> M-x package-initialize RET
> M-x set-variable RET debug-on-error RET t RET
> package-refresh-contents
> => Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error
> "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/archive-contents" "Bad Request")
>
> In wireshark I observe a TLS1.2 session with elpa.gnu.org, terminated
> from localhost, then another connection established to port 443 on
> elpa.gun.org but no TLS setup and then a straight HTTP GET request (for
> /packages/archive-contents).
> Server responds 400 (Bad Request):
> "Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
> Reason: You're speaking plain HTTP to an SSL-enabled server port."

I believe this is another case of Bug#36725/36749/34341.  It should work
in 26.2.90 pretest.  As a workaround, doing

    (setq gnutls-algorithm-priority "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.3")

seems to help (it somehow affects the timing so as to avoid the bug).

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