gnutls 2.8.6 release candidate

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Simon,

Am 20.01.2010 um 11:12 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
> I think we have enough fixes on the 2.8.x trunk, and the last 2.8.x
> release was over two months ago, so it is time for 2.8.6.  Please test
> this snapshot as if it were the new release:
>
> http://daily.josefsson.org/gnutls-2.8/gnutls-2.8-20100120.tar.bz2
>
> I'll release sometime next week.  Build tests on Solaris/HP are very
> welcome, I'll see if I can find time to do them myself.

This issue about gpg-error and lnsl we talked about has not been  
resolved
in this release, but in 2.9.9:

Am 05.11.2009 um 16:35 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> Am 05.11.2009 um 16:17 schrieb Simon Josefsson:
>>> Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> writes:
>>>
>>>>> -  AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS(gcrypt,, [#include <gcrypt.h>],
>>>>> +  AC_LIB_HAVE_LINKFLAGS([gcrypt], [gpg-error], [#include
>>>>> <gcrypt.h>],
>>>>>   [enum gcry_cipher_algos i = GCRY_CIPHER_CAMELLIA128])
>>>>> if test "$ac_cv_libgcrypt" != yes; then
>>>>>   AC_MSG_ERROR([[
>>>>> --
>>>>> 1.6.5.2
>>>>
>>>> Yes, this solves the problem with the missing libgpg-error. Now  
>>>> only
>>>> the -lsocket -lnsl issue needs to be resolved :-)
>>>
>>> Great.  The -lnsl issue could be fixed by using more recent gnulib
>>> here.
>>
>> It would be great if you had an updated tarball of the release-to- 
>> come
>> will all known errors fixed so I can verify it.
>
> Of 2.8.x or 2.9.x?  I'll see if I can push out a 2.9.x release today.
>
> /Simon


Best regards

   -- Dago