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tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?) |
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Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:55:46 -0500 |
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Guile lacks https support by default, which is a really glaring omission
in any modern language! I've submitted some code adapted from Guix
previously as a step towards adding https support:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2015-09/msg00031.html
While it can be pulled off through some gnutls hacks, these have
problems. Unfortunately, it seems that the file descriptor is leaked:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20145
I've been told on IRC that the "right solution" is to add r6rs style
binary ports:
http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs-lib/r6rs-lib-Z-H-9.html
So maybe that's what should be done?
Anyway, I think this is one of *the most important things* that Guile
currently lacks. (It's held me back from considering Guile as a serious
choice for at least one project, myself!) Hope it can be fixed!
- Chris
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Re: bug#24075: tls/https support in Guile (through r6rs binary ports?) |
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Mon, 07 Nov 2016 12:14:52 -0600 |
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Ludovic Courtès writes:
> I think ‘ensure-gnutls’ would be exactly as in this patch, and the
> autoload hack would be exactly as shown above.
Got it! Done...
> @xref generates a “See” for the beginning of a sentence, so it should
> be:
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> … support. @xref{…}, for more information.
... and done!
> Also, “HTTPS” and “GnuTLS”. :-)
Ooops, misssed that bit in the first commit which I had pushed, so I
made two commits. :)
> The rest is all good for me, so the only remaining bits are the autoload
> thing and maybe the bug you observed?
Yep! It's now done... as of 8f1db9f we now have HTTPS support
out-of-the-box in Guile! Party time!
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