gnutls.c: [0] (Emacs) fatal error: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated. when package-refresh-contents

[guboi72]

Emacs 24.5.1, ubuntu 16.04

Start checking for new version...
Open the quickhelp.
Spacemacs is up to date.
Importing package-keyring.gpg...done
Contacting host: melpa.org:443 [2 times]
Contacting host: elpa.gnu.org:443 [2 times]
gnutls.c: 0 fatal error: The TLS connection was non-properly terminated.

[robbyoconnor]

Set dotspacemacs-elpa-https to nil.

https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/blob/develop/core/templates/.spacemacs.template#L86

[guboi72]

It does not work

[robbyoconnor]

Did you restart?

[marcinkoziej]

@robbyoconnor is this really a solution? This is completely insecure.
Can we somehow fix this while preserving HTTPS security? Or is it the elpa server fault?

[robbyoconnor]

Partially elpas I think..i forgot.

[Digicrat]

This issue is apparently due to using an out of date URL for melpa. See https://melpa.org/#/getting-started for directions on explicitly setting the URL correctly -- or if you have a recent emacs version and are setting the url in your .emacs file, just remove it and restart emacs.

In my case, I had explicitly set the URL a long time ago and the old url was no longer valid.

Hopefully this will be helpful for someone - this page is currently the top Google result for this error message.

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