GNU bug report logs - #56972
29.0.50; nntp-send-authinfo error because netrc-parse can't handle multibytes

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 29.0.50; nntp-send-authinfo error because netrc-parse can't handle
 multibytes
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 14:04:54 +0200

nntp-send-authinfo uses netrc-parse to parse ~/.authinfo.gpg, but
netrc-parse (unlike auth-source) uses base64-encode-string which as of
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2021-12/msg01599.html
throws an error if it sees a multibyte. So if there's a multibyte
somewhere in the netrc file, we get this on trying to connect with nntp

Unable to open server gmane due to: Multibyte character in data for base64 encoding

(even if we don't use any auth info for connecting).

I'm guessing nntp-send-authinfo could be changed to using
auth-source-netrc-parse, though I don't actually use authinfo for
connecting to nntp so I have no way to test that use-case.

Message #8 received at 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>
Cc: 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56972: 29.0.50; nntp-send-authinfo error because
 netrc-parse can't handle multibytes
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:38:39 +0200

Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org> writes:

> I'm guessing nntp-send-authinfo could be changed to using
> auth-source-netrc-parse, though I don't actually use authinfo for
> connecting to nntp so I have no way to test that use-case.

Yes -- there's no longer any reason to parse the authinfo file twice
this way now that `nntp-authinfo-file' has been removed, so I've
adjusted the code to just use auth-source in Emacs 29.  Can you check
that this really fixes the issue you were seeing?

Message #13 received at 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56972: 29.0.50; nntp-send-authinfo error because
 netrc-parse can't handle multibytes
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:09:04 +0200

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

> Yes -- there's no longer any reason to parse the authinfo file twice
> this way now that `nntp-authinfo-file' has been removed, so I've
> adjusted the code to just use auth-source in Emacs 29.  Can you check
> that this really fixes the issue you were seeing?

That does seem to resolve the issue for me – thank you :-)

best regards,
Kevin

Message #16 received at 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org>
Cc: 56972 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56972: 29.0.50; nntp-send-authinfo error because
 netrc-parse can't handle multibytes
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:58:44 +0200

Kevin Brubeck Unhammer <unhammer <at> fsfe.org> writes:

> That does seem to resolve the issue for me – thank you :-)

Thanks for checking; closing this bug report, then.

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