It just doesn't work

Jacob Hrbek <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:37:27 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.network.gnunet.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

### Steps to reproduce:
0. Get GNU Guix
1. Install gnunet using `$ guix install gnunet`
2. Read documentation and figure out that you need to do this
configuration

    $ cat ~/.config/gnunet.conf
    [dns2gns]
    OPTIONS = -d 1.1.1.1 -p 5252

    [arm]
    START_SYSTEM_SERVICES = NO
    START_USER_SERVICES = YES

    #[gns]
    #PORT = 2102

    #[gns-proxy]

    #[PATHS]

3. Start gnunet using `$ gnunet-arm -c ~/.config/gnunet.conf -s`

4. Try to do `$ chromium --proxy-server=socks5://127.0.0.1:7777
test.gnu` without success that gets you:
    gnunet-gns-proxy-1365 ERROR Download curl test.gnu/ failed:
Couldn't resolve host name Refused wrong status code (0). HTTP requires
three digits status code! Application reported internal error, closing
connection

5. Sink 18 hours in it reading the source code, reading the
configuration that is shipped with gnunet to try to adjust yours, try
to debug invidual services without success, ask other people who
demoralize you by telling you that they also weren't able to make
gnunet to lose all hope and write on the mailing list hoping for
miracle.

### Expected behavior:

Run GNUNet in chromium to resolve http://test.gnu <http://test.gnu/>
and other gnunet websites while being able to use dns2gns for clearweb
through SOCKS5 proxy to be able to define a reproducible configuration
for deployment on guix.

### Actual behavior:

Torture of the user

### Additional Informations:
a. All services that it gives me are running and doesn't seem to report
any issues (gns-proxy, dns2gns and messenger had to be manually started
using $ gnuner-arm -i SERVICE)

    $ gnunet-arm -I -a
    All services:
    (started: 9)
    gns-proxy (binary='gnunet-gns-proxy', status=started)
    dns2gns (binary='gnunet-dns2gns', status=started)
    identity (binary='gnunet-service-identity', status=started)
    messenger (binary='gnunet-service-messenger', status=started)
    namestore (binary='gnunet-service-namestore', status=started)
    reclaim (binary='gnunet-service-reclaim', status=started)
    rest (binary='gnunet-rest-server', status=started)
    zonemaster (binary='gnunet-service-zonemaster', status=started)
    zonemaster-monitor (binary='gnunet-service-zonemaster-monitor',
status=started)

b. I don't have public IP configured

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