Re: Cannot clone org-mode's git repository

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.online>]

Aloha,

Amin Bandali <bandali@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Colin Baxter writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I get a strange error when I try to clone org-mode:
>>
>> redknight@jetstar:~/git$ git clone 
>> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git
>> Cloning into 'org-mode'...
>> fatal: unable to access 
>> 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs/org-mode.git/': server 
>> certificate verification failed. CAfile: 
>> /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: none
>
> This looks like part of the fallout of the recent expiry of one 
> of
> Let's Encrypt's root certificates.  See:
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?110546
> https://letsencrypt.org/2021/10/01/cert-chaining-help.html
>
> What GNU/Linux distro are you using?  Try updating your packages 
> --
> particularly ca-certificates and packages like openssl, gnutls,
> libssl, etc. -- and see if it helps.  If not, you can read more 
> on
> the topic in recent articles around the web, and apply one of 
> the
> suggested workarounds.

Updating ca-certificates worked for me on Ubuntu.

All the best,
Tom

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