cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When try to access an https:// site, a popup informs me that I am > running a version of ELinks that does not support SSL/TLS. > > I am at version 0.11.1, which I compiled from source.
ELinks 0.11.1 supports SSL and TLS if its configure script finds the appropriate library and header files: either OpenSSL, or GNUTLS 1.2.0 or later. The script recognizes --with-gnutls and --with-openssl options for explicitly choosing one of these. It seems likely that you did not have the header files installed when you configured ELinks. Debian builds ELinks 0.11.1 with GNUTLS and it appears to work mostly OK (apart from bugs 277 and 712). There is though the contrib/wipe-out-ssl script, which attempts to remove all SSL-related code from the source tree. I guess this is intended to make ELinks legal for countries that forbid encryption hooks. The script also adds "-no-ssl" to version number. We don't seem to distribute such crippled versions from elinks.cz. > I searched for solutions and there appears to be a patch to work around > this problem. I don't know which patch you are referring to. > Should I take the patching path or upgrade to something more current? Well there have been bugs fixed in ELinks 0.11.3 (and more in 0.11.3.GIT), so upgrading is advisable, but I don't think they are what causes your build to reject SSL entirely. Please just check that you have installed the right header files (especially <gnutls/gnutls.h> or <openssl/ssl.h>) and try configuring and building ELinks again. With --enable-gnutls, I get: checking for OpenSSL... not used checking for libgnutls-config... /usr/bin/libgnutls-config checking for GNU TLS OpenSSL compatibility support... yes checking gnutls/openssl.h usability... yes checking gnutls/openssl.h presence... yes checking for gnutls/openssl.h... yes checking for MD5_Init in -lgnutls-openssl... yes checking for GNU TLS (1.2 or later)... yes If the checks fail, config.log usually reveals the reason. _______________________________________________ elinks-users mailing list [email protected] http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/elinks-users
