GNU bug report logs - #36810
26.2; package.el; package-refresh-contents, Bad Request (http over https)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: gnu <at> crabapple.me.uk

Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:14:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 36725, 36749, 36873, 37453, 43708

Found in versions 26.1, 26.2

Fixed in versions 26.2.90, 26.3

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 36810 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
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 20:30:40 +0300

> From: gnu <at> crabapple.me.uk
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:42:57 +0100
> 
> 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."

See bug#36749 for a possible solution.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 237 days ago.

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