[Python-modules-team] Bug#515200: python-pycurl: Please build an alternative version of pycurl against OpenSSL

[Dima Barsky]

Package: python-pycurl
Version: 7.18.2-1
Severity: important

The current version of python-pycurl is built against libcurl3-gnutls, which
does not work with a number of web sites. Just one example:

   import pycurl
   c = pycurl.Curl()
   c.setopt(c.URL, "https://www1.banking.first-direct.com/" )
   c.perform()

this script fails with the error message:

   pycurl.error: (35, 'gnutls_handshake() failed: A TLS packet with unexpected
   length was received.')

It looks like a bug in the gnutls library, the same script works fine if you
rebuild python-pycurl against libcurl3 (which is using openssl).

I suggest adding another package named python-pycurl-openssl to give users a
choice.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-pycurl depends on:
ii  libc6                 2.7-18             GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2            1.41.3-1           common error description library
ii  libcurl3-gnutls       7.18.2-8           Multi-protocol file transfer libra
ii  libgnutls26           2.4.2-6            the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  libidn11              1.10-3             GNU libidn library, implementation
ii  libkrb53              1.6.dfsg.4~beta1-6 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libldap-2.4-2         2.4.11-1           OpenLDAP libraries
ii  python                2.5.2-3            An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-central        0.6.8              register and build utility for Pyt
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12  compression library - runtime

python-pycurl recommends no packages.

Versions of packages python-pycurl suggests:
pn  libcurl4-gnutls-dev           <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-pycurl-dbg             <none>     (no description available)

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