Subject: Re: [bug#32530] [PATCH] gnu: octave: Fix CA certificate use.

From: Kei Kebreau <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:30:43 -0400

Marius Bakke <[email-masked]> writes:

> Kei Kebreau <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (octave)[arguments]: Add 'wrap-program' phase to wrap
>> Octave with the path to system CA certificates.
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/maths.scm | 8 +++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
>> index 3d571e8cc..b0caff0f5 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
>> @@ -1417,7 +1417,13 @@ can solve two kinds of problems:
>>                  (string-append "Vmakeinfo_program = \""
>>                                 (assoc-ref inputs "texinfo")
>>                                 "/bin/makeinfo\"")))
>> -             #t)))))
>> +             #t))
>> +         (add-after 'install 'wrap-program
>> +           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> +             (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
>> +               (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/octave")
>> +                 '("CURLOPT_CAPATH" suffix ("/etc/ssl/certs")))
>> +               #t))))))
>
> Instead of wrapping you can add a native-search-path for CURLOPT_CAPATH
> (as with CURL_CA_BUNDLE for `curl`).  That way installing certificates
> to the profile should be sufficient.

Ah! Yes, this works when I add curl to the profile. I didn't do this the
first time. I'll upload a patch here soon.