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-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/wget.scm10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wget.scm b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
index 58a1a4b885..3673ad5cc4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wget.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wget.scm
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@
(add-before 'check 'disable-https-tests
(lambda _
;; XXX: Skip TLS tests, which fail with "The
- ;; certificate's owner does not match hostname" for
- ;; obscure reasons reported at:
- ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-06/msg00009.html>.
+ ;; certificate's owner does not match hostname" as
+ ;; reported at:
+ ;; <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-07/msg00012.html>.
+ ;; The problem appears to be due to a change in GnuTLS
+ ;; 3.5.12, whereby 'gnutls_x509_crt_check_hostname2' no
+ ;; longer matches IP address against the 'CN' or
+ ;; 'DNSname' fields of certificates.
(substitute* "testenv/Makefile"
(("SSL_TESTS=1") ""))
#t)))))