Re: [evolution-patches] patches for ssl enabling gw cal and addressbook backends

[Sivaiah N <snallagatla novell com>]

On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 20:53, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 20:23 +0530, Sivaiah N wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Attached are small patches for ssl enabling of the groupwise
> > cal/contacts backends. Both backends read the use_ssl property from
> > e-source and uses the http or https prefixes in uri depending upon
> > whether ssl is there or not. When use_ssl value is  "when_possible" both
> > try first with https and then wiht http if that fails.
> > 
> 
> > +               if (!E_IS_GW_CONNECTION(priv->cnc) && use_ssl &&
> > g_str_equal (use_ssl, "when-possible")) {
> > +                       http_uri = g_strconcat ("http://";, real_uri +
> > 8, NULL);
> > +                       priv->cnc = e_gw_connection_new (http_uri,
> > priv->username, priv->password);
> > +                       g_free (http_uri);
> > +               }
> > 
> I don't understand this very well, if use_ssl is TRUE, why do you use
> http?
> 
use_ssl can have either "always" or "when-possible". It is not boolean
variable. Hwn use_ssl is "when_possible" we try with https first and
then fall back to http if https fails

Thanks,
Siva
> cheers
>