Re: [PATCH] gnurl: add CA path to configure-flags

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

ng0 <ng0@we.make.ritual.n0.is> skribis:

> On 2016-06-13(04:43:32+0200), Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:
>>
>> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 08:51:28PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
>> >> * gnurl(configure-flags): --with-ca-path=/etc/ssl/certs/
>> >
>> > my impression is that this absolute path does not do what we would like
>> > it to. Optimally, the user would decide, by installing a certificate bundle
>> > into the profile, which certificates to use. And on a foreign distro, the
>> > random certificate bundle in /etc/ssl/certs, which does not come from Guix,
>> > would be used by the Guix gnurl, which would be surprising.
>>
>> Besides, our cURL and Gnurl packages are linked against GnuTLS, which is
>> itself configured with ‘--with-default-trust-store-dir=/etc/ssl/certs’.
>>
>> Does ‘--with-ca-path’ change anything to that?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ludo’.
>>
>
> I strongly assume that with those set, --with-ca-path is unnecessary.

Fine.  :-)

> I know patches are now tracked in patchworks, can they be closed via
> Email, or do I have to sign up? Else someone who already is signed up
> can close this, as from my perspective this is done.

I think one has to login, which is quite inconvenient.

Ludo’.