Re: Bug#766395: emacs/gnus: Uses s_client to for SSL.

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:57:17 -0500 Rob Browning <address@hidden> wrote: 

RB> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
>> could you provide a test case?  The information gathered by
>> `M-x report-emacs-bug' would be really helpful, too.

RB> Hmm, I'm not the original reporter, and don't yet deeply understand the
RB> relevant issues, but on the surface, the "bug" appears to just ask that
RB> Emacs "stop using or mentioning s_client".

I replied to the bug address as well, so I hope Kurt responds with a recipe.

RB> If that turns out to be a reasonable request, then I'd imagine that the
RB> code in imap.el, etc. would need adjustment, i.e.

No, the logic that needs to change is the one that opens the network
stream (and imap.el will be obsoleted, as Lars and Stefan mentioned).
But I'd like to know what's using imap.el in Kurt's case because I don't
know of any code that uses it.  Was he just warning that imap.el *could*
use s_client?  I went to the original bug report and couldn't find that
information, sorry.

RB> In any case, I can certainly send you the report-emacs-bug information
RB> from my system, but the bug didn't originate there (I don't even have
RB> emacs23 installed at the moment).  Did you mean for Kurt to send it?

Yes, sorry, the web interface misled me.  Kurt?

RB> And what kind of test did you have in mind?

Some code that lets me replicate the bug or issue on a Debian system,
with enough information to let me bring up such a system in a virtual
environment.

Ted