Bug 470214

Summary:	Exception messages
Product:	[Frameworks and Libraries] qca	Reporter:	Mario <mgulli>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	minor	CC:	aacid, bradh, justin
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Mario 2023-05-24 14:21:24 UTC

SUMMARY
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Just a quick suggestion to avoid to go crazy with 3rd parts libraries... I had a problem with openSSL (which I didn't know) that causes kdeconnect not to read or create the certificates. The error message from kdeconnectd at startup was: "Failed to load Legacy provider". It was ununderstandable (at least for me) what was the problem. I had to download the source code and debug it to understand that the problem was on openSSL.
Maybe a better management of the exceptions and exceptions messagges could be useful in the portion of codes that use 3rd parties libraries. 
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. delete (or invalidate) your ssl config file
2. try to launch kdeconnectd

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT
Failed to load Legacy provider

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: slackware current (but ubuntu current too)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0
Qt Version: 5.15.9

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Just a suggestion for the future, nothing more. Thank you for your great job!

Comment 1 Albert Vaca Cintora 2023-05-24 22:18:16 UTC

I agree that the message is confusing. This message is printed by QCA, re-assigning the bug.

Comment 2 Albert Astals Cid 2023-05-24 22:25:54 UTC

So what would be considered ok? assing "OpenSSL" in front of "Legacy"?

Comment 3 Mario 2023-05-25 06:23:38 UTC

Well, I don't know... somenthing like "Cannot read or create certificate", but my suggestion wasn't only for my specific case... It would be a general way on coding using 3rd party libraries.
Thank you!

Comment 4 Albert Astals Cid 2023-05-25 08:12:47 UTC

Something like  "Cannot read or create certificate" makes no sense as error for QCA to report given that is not the error that is happening at that particular point in time.

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Comment 6 Bug Janitor Service 2023-06-24 03:45:17 UTC

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least
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