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ruby-net-smtp-0.3.3 fails to build

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Tomás Ortín <tomasortin <at> mailbox.org>,
 Tomás Ortín via Bug reports for GNU Guix
 <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>, 73155 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73155: ruby-net-smtp-0.3.3 fails to build
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:41:40 +0000

Hi Tomás,

Unfortunately, updating the package to a version with a renewed certificate is not a solution.  It merely resets the same 'time bomb' to explode later down the road.  It's bad enough that nobody will be able to build a tested ruby-net-smtp <at> 0.3.3 again, at least until Linux can virtualise a wall clock.

Fortunately, it appears that upstream has since added the exact commands needed to regenerate the certificates: <https://github.com/ruby/net-smtp/blob/master/test/net/fixtures/Makefile>.  We can generate new ones at build time.

I only wonder whether openssl would stall on build machines with insufficient entropy available, or whether that's not an issue.

Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

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