bug#43168: elpa.gnu.org Unacsesable with Emacs 25.1 on Windows Server 2019

[Eugene J.]

Seems like the bundle from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-25/
has a SSL problem https://github.com/jcs090218/setup-emacs-windows/issues/9

I think jcs090218 (setup-emacs-windows owner) is right in that the issue,
shouldn't be patched in CI if it can be fixed in the release. Or maybe the
problem is in Windows configs and I should ask GitHub dudes to add
something to the Windows test runner install. I'm confused D:

[Eugene J.]

Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Opening TLS connection to `elpa.gnu.org'...Opening TLS connection with
`gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org'...Opening TLS
connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443
elpa.gnu.org'...failedOpening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli
--x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org --protocols ssl3'...
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443
elpa.gnu.org --protocols ssl3'...failedOpening TLS connection with
`openssl s_client -connect elpa.gnu.org:443 -no_ssl2
-ign_eof'...Opening TLS connection with `openssl s_client -connect
elpa.gnu.org:443 -no_ssl2 -ign_eof'...failedOpening TLS connection to
`elpa.gnu.org'...failed

[Robert Pluim]

Eugene> Seems like the bundle from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-25/
Eugene> has a SSL problem https://github.com/jcs090218/setup-emacs-windows/issues/9

Eugene> I think jcs090218 (setup-emacs-windows owner) is right in that the issue,
Eugene> shouldn't be patched in CI if it can be fixed in the release. Or maybe the
Eugene> problem is in Windows configs and I should ask GitHub dudes to add
Eugene> something to the Windows test runner install. I'm confused D:

There will be no further releases of emacs-25 in any case.

I commented on the github issue. I donʼt beleive this is a bug in
emacs.

Robert

[Eli Zaretskii]

Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 09:01:33 +0300
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443
Opening TLS connection to `elpa.gnu.org'...
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org'...
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org'...failed
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org --protocols ssl3'...
Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --x509cafile nil -p 443 elpa.gnu.org --protocols ssl3'...failed
Opening TLS connection with `openssl s_client -connect elpa.gnu.org:443 -no_ssl2 -ign_eof'...
Opening TLS connection with `openssl s_client -connect elpa.gnu.org:443 -no_ssl2 -ign_eof'...failed
Opening TLS connection to `elpa.gnu.org'...failed

This never worked on Windows, and never will.

You must have an Emacs built with GnuTLS to have HTTPS connections
from Emacs on MS-Windows. Please get a later release from the GNU FTP
site, it should have GnuTLS built-in.

[Stefan Kangas]

tags 43168 + notabug
close 43168
thanks

Post by Eli Zaretskii
This never worked on Windows, and never will.
You must have an Emacs built with GnuTLS to have HTTPS connections
from Emacs on MS-Windows. Please get a later release from the GNU FTP
site, it should have GnuTLS built-in.

I'm therefore closing this bug report now.