NetSurf OS3 - testing!

[chris]

Tried some various things with addr2line here, no luck though Unless someone is willing to help out to get proper debugging in place, I don't think it's very useful to test further if you can't exactly pinpoint the location where things get messy.

*EDIT: perhaps possible addtional interesting information can be found on the following locations:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=93055
https://franke.ms/amiga/gdb-eclipse.wiki

It looks like -g might be better than -ggdb or -gstabs
https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.6.4/gcc/Debugging-Options.html

[chris]

Linux cross-compiler. gcc 3.4.6
Built from http://git.netsurf-browser.org/toolchains.git/tree/m68k-unknown-amigaos

[chris]

I did but it created more problems than it solved.

[chris]

- cannot access https-sites (amiga-news.de, howsmyssl)

Are you sure you're using the right version (from the cy2 link - won't have a CI build number in about. You can also look at about:testament to check - it's built by me, from a branch called chris/amissl)

[chris]

- cannot access https-sites (amiga-news.de, howsmyssl)

Are you sure you're using the right version (from the cy2 link - won't have a CI build number in about. You can also look at about:testament to check - it's built by me, from a branch called chris/amissl)

Just downloaded it yesterday. Version 3.60009 (Netsurf 3.9 Dev).

And you have AmiSSL 4.3 installed?

[chris]

Ok, weird. Can you try this version of Curl and see if it works? (sorry for zip file)
https://github.com/chris-y/curl/releases/download/curl-7_64_0-amissl/curl.zip

[chris]

Sorry for my stupid question but I cannot find a curl file in the Netsurf archive which I could replace.
So, what I am supposed to do with the file?

Ah, sorry, it's an executable, just run it.
curl -k https://www.howsmyssl.com

If it isn't executable, just set the bit
protect +e curl

The Zip archive may have munged the attributes 🙁

[chris]

That works.

But curl doesn't find the sslroot path automatically, so you can only check secure sites by using the insecure option: curl -k "https://forum.amiga.org"

If that works then NetSurf should too (NetSurf knows where to find the root CAs so shouldn't throw up certificate errors)

[chris]

My Curl test was really for Primax anyway...

[chris]

Chris, sorry OT, but is there a known problem with os3.1.4 components?

I'm not aware of anything.

[chris]

Ah, sorry, it's an executable, just run it.
curl -k https://www.howsmyssl.com

How can I save the output in a file?

Just redirect it ">ram:output", but if you're getting more than a one line error message it's probably working, so it's weird that NetSurf isn't. Did you try visiting about:testament?

[chris]

Does NetSurf give you an error message when you try to visit a secure site?

[chris]

I've asked for my changes to be merged, so this will be the official build soon. I wish I could find the memory trashing bug, which I'm sure is causing all the oddness. I don't think it is new, just switching libraries around has changed the visible effects.

[chris]

They do work. They don't work for you, and I'm sure that's the memory trashing bug causing that.

[chris]

The official builds now use AmiSSL: https://ci.netsurf-browser.org/builds/amigaos3/

[chris]

There is, however, a bug in the code concerning the guigfx.library. This library seems to keep some sort of object pool which is not totally released upon exit of Netsurf. When netsurf exits, it deletes the pool. However, at least version 31.0 of guigfx detects that there are still live objects in the pool, and then - instead of running into an Alert() - runs into an ILLEGAL instruction and the code crashes. Thus, there seems to be at least one thing wrong with the objects netsurf allocates through guigfx, and it should release objects properly before releasing the pool.

I've added a missing release so hopefully this bug is gone now, thanks for finding!