[PATCH] gnu: vpnc: Update to 0.5.3, revision-550.

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  • Jelle Licht
  • Ludovic Courtès
  • Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  • Ricardo Wurmus
  • Jelle Licht
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Jelle Licht wrote 8 years ago
(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)
87y3s8kybp.fsf@gmail.com
Hello Guix,

Having tried to get `vpnc' working with my university's vpn system, and
failing, I looked into other distributions and how they got it to work.
It seems that most people use an updated version of the bundled
`vpnc-script' to make it work.

This patch updates `vpnc' to make use of the latest revision of the public
Subversion repo. It also includes the updated `vpnc-script'. To note,
our old `vpnc' (and its included `vpnc-script') crashed when trying to
conn
ect to any vpn.

Regards,
Jelle
Attachment: 0001-gnu-vpnc-Update-to-0.5.3-revision-550.patch
Jelle Licht wrote 8 years ago
(name . Jelle Licht)(address . jlicht@fsfe.org)(address . 27549@debbugs.gnu.org)
87wp7skxzg.fsf@gmail.com
Jelle Licht <jlicht@fsfe.org> writes:

[ .. ]

And now with the actual commit message that I intended to have here. Apologies for the noise.
Attachment: 0001-gnu-vpnc-Update-to-0.5.3-revision-550.patch
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote 8 years ago
01350273-2593-618d-a461-b99c1f310265@tobias.gr
Jelle,

On 01/07/17 16:48, Jelle Licht wrote:
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> Hello Guix,
>
> Having tried to get `vpnc' working with my university's vpn system, and
> failing, I looked into other distributions and how they got it to work.
> It seems that most people use an updated version of the bundled
> `vpnc-script' to make it work.

Indeed.

I'd started on packaging those updated vpnc-scripts, but that kind of
fell through all kind of cracks.

I don't think I needed to bundle anything. I'll dig them up and see how
far I got.

Kind regards,

T G-R
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Ludovic Courtès wrote 8 years ago
(name . Tobias Geerinckx-Rice)(address . me@tobias.gr)
87efty7txt.fsf@gnu.org
Hi!

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> skribis:

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> On 01/07/17 16:48, Jelle Licht wrote:
>> Hello Guix,
>>
>> Having tried to get `vpnc' working with my university's vpn system, and
>> failing, I looked into other distributions and how they got it to work.
>> It seems that most people use an updated version of the bundled
>> `vpnc-script' to make it work.
>
> Indeed.
>
> I'd started on packaging those updated vpnc-scripts, but that kind of
> fell through all kind of cracks.
>
> I don't think I needed to bundle anything. I'll dig them up and see how
> far I got.

Indeed, that would be nice.

In the meantime, could you apply Jelle’s patch if it looks right to you?
It’s a bit sad that upstream hasn’t made new releases.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote 8 years ago
3702cc9a-9066-4e6c-c9be-050e5e6c1ffe@tobias.gr
Jelle,

On 01/07/17 19:18, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
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> I'd started on packaging those updated vpnc-scripts, [...]
> I'll dig them up and see how far I got.

Found 'em! If you have some spare time, could you give the attached
patches a try? They look finished[0], but I don't have a VPN to test.

I hope we can avoid relying on the copy of vpnc-scripts bundled with vpnc:

- the bundled copy still lags behind upstream[1], even in trunk
- unbundling allows using a stable release of the vpnc client instead
of a subversion checkout, while still easily updating the scripts
- and shaves ~50MiB from our openconnect package.

Of course, it has to actually work for you first :-)

Kind regards,

T G-R

[0]: I don't like the look of 'wrap-keys, but I don't know a better way.
Attachment: 0002-gnu-vpnc-Use-newer-vpnc-scripts.patch
Attachment: 0001-gnu-Add-vpnc-scripts.patch
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Jelle Licht wrote 8 years ago
(name . Tobias Geerinckx-Rice)(address . me@tobias.gr)
87shiaiobt.fsf@gmail.com
Tobias,


Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:

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> Jelle,
>
> On 01/07/17 19:18, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
>> I'd started on packaging those updated vpnc-scripts, [...]
>> I'll dig them up and see how far I got.
>
> Found 'em! If you have some spare time, could you give the attached
> patches a try? They look finished[0], but I don't have a VPN to test.
>
> I hope we can avoid relying on the copy of vpnc-scripts bundled with vpnc:
>
> - the bundled copy still lags behind upstream[1], even in trunk
> - unbundling allows using a stable release of the vpnc client instead
> of a subversion checkout, while still easily updating the scripts
> - and shaves ~50MiB from our openconnect package.
Fair enough, this seems like a good reason to apply your patches ;-).

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>
> Of course, it has to actually work for you first :-)

Good news! Your patches work, I verified this with my university vpn.
Why are we using this specific versions of the vpnc-scripts?

What is the problem regarding `wrap-keys' (wrap-program?) exactly?

Regards,

Jelle
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote 7 years ago
(address . rekado@elephly.net)(address . 27549@debbugs.gnu.org)
d8965665-4d48-3830-72ef-35b6bd2585b5@tobias.gr
Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus wrote on 18/10/17 at 23:35:
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> What’s the current status here?

I'd arranged for someone else with access to such a VPN to (also) test
these patches, but never got an answer. I'm afraid I lost track of this
issue in the meantime.

I'll look into it after some much-needed rest.

Kind regards,

T G-R
Ricardo Wurmus wrote 7 years ago
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Ricardo Wurmus wrote 7 years ago
Re: [bug#27549] [PATCH] gnu: vpnc: Update to 0.5.3, revision-550.
(name . Jelle Licht)(address . wordempire@gmail.com)
87zi8o2l82.fsf@elephly.net
Hi Jelle, hi Tobias,

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> Tobias,
>
>
> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> writes:
>
>> Jelle,
>>
>> On 01/07/17 19:18, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
>>> I'd started on packaging those updated vpnc-scripts, [...]
>>> I'll dig them up and see how far I got.
>>
>> Found 'em! If you have some spare time, could you give the attached
>> patches a try? They look finished[0], but I don't have a VPN to test.
>>
>> I hope we can avoid relying on the copy of vpnc-scripts bundled with vpnc:
>>
>> - the bundled copy still lags behind upstream[1], even in trunk
>> - unbundling allows using a stable release of the vpnc client instead
>> of a subversion checkout, while still easily updating the scripts
>> - and shaves ~50MiB from our openconnect package.
> Fair enough, this seems like a good reason to apply your patches ;-).
>
>>
>> Of course, it has to actually work for you first :-)
>
> Good news! Your patches work, I verified this with my university vpn.
> Why are we using this specific versions of the vpnc-scripts?
>
> What is the problem regarding `wrap-keys' (wrap-program?) exactly?

It looks like these patches were dropped. What’s the current status
here? Can we apply them or are they no longer needed?

--
Ricardo

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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote 7 years ago
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1765f7b3-bad6-33cc-f2f3-802180563d8d@tobias.gr
Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
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> It looks like these patches were dropped.

Down 6 flights of very cracked stairs.

Finally pushed as 06d91fd944e58ce787048f5c1b7804b210ad1f82 et al.

Kind regards,

T G-R
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