Package: emacs;
Reported by: Archie Halliwell <archie <at> halliwell.com.au>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:10:02 UTC
Severity: wishlist
Found in version 29.4
Done: "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Archie Halliwell <archie <at> halliwell.com.au> To: 76278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: bug#76278: 29.4; ERC 5.5.0.29.1: ERC Manual does not mention usage of .pem client certificates Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 14:43:32 +1100
Hello, The ERC Manual does not explain how to use .pem client certificates, only how to use the combination of a .crt certificate and .key private key. This is confusing as Libera.Chat's CertFP instructions only mention the use of a .pem file, instructing users on how to create an appropriate one. The manual should really mention that a .pem file can be used as both files in the client-certificate list. When I was trying to set up CertFP I ended up trying to create a .crt and .key from the .pem I had previously created, and could not connect using them (presumably I had not created them properly). I imagine that other users have run into this issue in the past, and have either given up or had to ask for help on #erc as I did. In GNU Emacs 29.4 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, Motif Version 2.3.8, cairo version 1.18.0) of 2024-10-03 built on localhost Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12401004 System Description: Gentoo Linux Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib --datarootdir=/usr/share --disable-silent-rules --docdir=/usr/share/doc/emacs-29.4 --htmldir=/usr/share/doc/emacs-29.4/html --libdir=/usr/lib64 --program-suffix=-emacs-29 --includedir=/usr/include/emacs-29 --infodir=/usr/share/info/emacs-29 --localstatedir=/var --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp --without-compress-install --without-hesiod --without-pop --with-file-notification=inotify --with-pdumper --enable-acl --with-dbus --without-modules --without-gameuser --with-libgmp --with-gpm --without-native-compilation --without-json --with-kerberos --with-kerberos5 --with-lcms2 --without-xml2 --without-mailutils --without-selinux --without-sqlite3 --with-gnutls --without-libsystemd --with-threads --without-tree-sitter --without-wide-int --with-sound=alsa --with-zlib --with-x --without-pgtk --without-ns --without-gconf --without-gsettings --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-xpm --with-xft --with-cairo --without-harfbuzz --without-libotf --without-m17n-flt --with-x-toolkit=motif --with-gif --with-jpeg --with-png --with-rsvg --with-tiff --without-webp --without-imagemagick --with-dumping=pdumper 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -march=native -fno-fast-math -ffp-contract=off' CPPFLAGS= 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs'' Configured features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM JPEG LCMS2 NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND THREADS TIFF X11 XDBE XIM XINPUT2 XPM MOTIF ZLIB Important settings: value of $LC_MONETARY: en_AU.UTF-8 value of $LANG: en_AU.utf8 locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: ERC Minor modes in effect: erc-list-mode: t erc-menu-mode: t erc-autojoin-mode: t erc-ring-mode: t erc-pcomplete-mode: t erc-track-mode: t erc-track-minor-mode: t erc-match-mode: t erc-button-mode: t erc-fill-mode: t erc-stamp-mode: t erc-netsplit-mode: t erc-irccontrols-mode: t erc-noncommands-mode: t erc-move-to-prompt-mode: t erc-readonly-mode: t erc-networks-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t show-paren-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t line-number-mode: t indent-tabs-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. 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