In message <5975c6fce7d...@triffid.co.uk>
Dave <d...@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <ddfac27559.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>,
> David Higton <d...@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
>> In message <6160be7559.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>
>> David Higton <d...@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> >Hi all,
>> > I used to use Fetch_NS daily. Recently it has stopped working,
>> >complaining of an incorrectly formatted filename - of course it's
>> >incorrectly formatted because it's the empty string. The error is
>> >coming from Fetch_NS.Resources.SetLatest.
>> >
>> >I'm trying to analyse why it isn't working, but the code is crunched, or
>> >very nearly so, which means I'm struggling to understand it.
>> >
>> >Has it stopped working for anyone else? If so, do you have a solution?
>
>> Following up my own post: it looks like my CertData file must have
>> contained an invalid certificate (even though it was only 3 months out
>> of data), because replacing that has fixed the problem.
>
>> I have updated a couple of lines in !Boot.Choices.Fetch_NS.Settings.
>> These are the new ones:
>
>> Set Fetch_NS$Url https://ci.netsurf-browser.org/builds/riscos/
>
>> Set Fetch_NS$Opt --ca-certificate=InetDbase:CertData -qO
>
>> First one is to use https rather than http. Second one is to use the
>> central InetDbase:CertData file rather than a separate (and non-
>> maintained) copy.
>
>> David
>
>Ooeer! slight aside but similar problem...
>I've not updated Netsurf recently so prompted by the above notes thought I
>better do it.
>
>Error from Fetch_NS
> Error : &00000000
> Message: file LATEST missing or empty at line 6
>
>I have no idea what that is, or where it originates from...
>
>Any ideas please how to fix whatever it is?
Make the changes described above, for a start.
The problem is caused by a bundle of certificate authority certificates
being out of date.
If that still doesn't fix it, come back to us here.
David
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