Bug#1100729: systemd-journal-remote does not support TLS due to GnuTLS being disabled

[Luca Boccassi]

Control: tags -1 wontfix
Control: close -1

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 22:42:24 +0100 Jarl Gullberg
<jarl.gullberg at algiz.nu> wrote:
> 
> Package: systemd-journal-remote
> Version: 257.4-3
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: jarl.gullberg at algiz.nu
> 
> Back in 251.1-1, GnuTLS was replaced with OpenSSL as upstream had
begun 
> phasing out the use of GnuTLS.
> This phase-out is more or less complete, and the only remaining use
of 
> GnuTLS is in systemd-journal-remote as of systemd 257 (possibly 
> earlier). However, systemd-journal-remote still relies on GnuTLS for
its 
> HTTP/S support and likely will continue to do so for the forseeable 
> future due to its dependence on libmicrohttpd.

Sorry but we don't want to pull in multiple SSL stacks. The best thing
to do if you are interested in this functionality would be to replace
the use of microhttpd with something else that uses OpenSSL, upstream.