GNU bug report logs - #13833
24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:06:10 +0000 (GMT)

severity: wishlist

It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
friends) supported SOCKS.

        Christopher

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From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13833: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Sat,  3 Aug 2013 10:50:01 +0100 (BST)

Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com> writes:
> It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
> friends) supported SOCKS.

There is lisp/net/socks.el.  Unfortunately the implementation overwrites
open-network-stream using defalias.  That is terrible.  Maybe
add-function could be used here?

There is a dependency on nslookup (socks-nslookup-host).  I would prefer
to have SOCKS support without relying on a stand-alone third-party
application.

        Christopher

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13833: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:35:56 -0400

>> It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
>> friends) supported SOCKS.
> There is lisp/net/socks.el.  Unfortunately the implementation overwrites
> open-network-stream using defalias.  That is terrible.

Yes, that's a bug.

> Maybe add-function could be used here?

You mean add-advice?  Yes, that would be better at least.


        Stefan

Message #16 received at 13833-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 13833-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13833: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 05:05:19 -0700

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
>>> friends) supported SOCKS.
>> There is lisp/net/socks.el.  Unfortunately the implementation overwrites
>> open-network-stream using defalias.  That is terrible.
>
> Yes, that's a bug.
>
>> Maybe add-function could be used here?
>
> You mean add-advice?  Yes, that would be better at least.

Nothing has happened here within 11 years.  This bug is basically a
request to generally improve SOCKS support, which would absolutely be a
good thing.  However, it will be hard to make any progress on that
without a patch.  Meanwhile, some things have changed, and others have
improved.

I'm therefore closing this bug report now, until such a time that anyone
takes on the job of taking a look at improving our SOCKS support.

Message #19 received at 13833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "J.P." <jp <at> neverwas.me>
To: 13833 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#13833: 24.2.93; Proper SOCKS support
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:00:50 -0700

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>>> It would be great if all network primitives (open-network-stream and
>>>> friends) supported SOCKS.
>>> There is lisp/net/socks.el.  Unfortunately the implementation overwrites
>>> open-network-stream using defalias.  That is terrible.
>>
>> Yes, that's a bug.
>>
>>> Maybe add-function could be used here?
>>
>> You mean add-advice?  Yes, that would be better at least.
>
> Nothing has happened here within 11 years.  This bug is basically a
> request to generally improve SOCKS support, which would absolutely be a
> good thing.  However, it will be hard to make any progress on that
> without a patch.  Meanwhile, some things have changed, and others have
> improved.
>
> I'm therefore closing this bug report now, until such a time that anyone
> takes on the job of taking a look at improving our SOCKS support.

Just leaving a breadcrumb for future people: Bug#53941 has a PoC patch
that demos a way to accomplish _some_ of this based on the option
`url-proxy-services'. IIRC, fundamental issues regarding a proxy's
propagation from a "proxified" app to new connections (from clicked-on
links, etc.) remains unaddressed. Pursuing this may mean devising a
clever way for sequestering user options to arbitrary boundaries that
don't quite align with connection-local scopes.

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