[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#912067: Bug#912067: libssl1.1: please add getmail/getmail4 to the dependencies to check

[ant]

On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 10:38:40PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 04:30:13PM -0400, ant wrote:
> > Package: libssl1.1
> > Version: 1.1.0h-4
> > Severity: wishlist
> > 
> > Dear Maintainer,
> > 
> >   hi,
> > 
> >   last year an upgrade of libssl1.1 ended up breaking
> >   getmail/getmail4.  the maintainer suggested a blocking
> >   bug or something informational, but i failed to file one.
> > 
> >   this year same situation again.  upgrade breaks getmail/
> >   getmail4 upon upgrade to libssl1.1.1-1 - reverting the
> >   upgrade restores the system so it can be used again.
> > 
> >   i'll put this as wishlist bug for those who might run into
> >   the same thing,


hello, thank you for your quick reply,  :)

 
> Can you please clarify what stopped working, what error did you
> get?

  see below...

 
> Are you asking to restart getmail on upgrade? Does that actually
> fix your problem?

  no, i usually restart my machine from scratch after upgrades
just to make sure there aren't any odd things hanging around.
with SSD it's quick enough.

 
> The new 1.1.1-1 version might break some things because for
> various reasons. So if you get an error, please report it.

  here is the message:

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getmail version 5.6
Copyright (C) 1998-2012 Charles Cazabon.  Licensed under the GNU GPL version 2.
SimplePOP3SSLRetriever:ant at anthive.com@mail.anthive.com:995:
rc-03ant: socket error ([SSL: UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL] unsupported protocol (_ssl.c:726))
  0 messages (0 bytes) retrieved, 0 skipped
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  thanks for your response,


  ant