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From:
Theo Buehler <tb@theobuehler.org>
Subject:
Re: sylpheed: use ASN1_STRING_get0_data()
To:
Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org>
Cc:
ports@openbsd.org, amit.obsd@gmail.com
Date:
Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:03:39 +0100

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On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 02:38:53PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> On 2026/01/28 12:38, Theo Buehler wrote:
> > ASN1_STRING_data() has been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0 in favor of
> > ASN1_STRING_get0_data() with better const semantics. It was removed from
> > OpenSSL and LibreSSL will soon do the same. I'll send the simple patch
> > below upstream as well.
> 
> ok.

Thanks.

> upstream development seems to be at a very relaxed place, but seems
> to not actually be abandoned yet - "I will continue to develop Sylpheed"
> at https://www.sraoss.jp/pipermail/sylpheed/2025-September/007300.html

Indeed. What little discussion and development still happens seems to be
on GitHub. Here's the PR; I'll include a link in the patch file as well:

https://github.com/sylpheed-mail/sylpheed/pull/68

Maybe it makes sense for the maintainer to pull in one or the other
patch from PRs or the main branch.