Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] gnu: python: Use system SSL certificates.

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 08:56:46 +0300

* gnu/packages/python.scm (python)[replacement]: New field.
(python/fixed): Provide a python with a patched python-certifi which
only offers to use the system's SSL certificates.

Change-Id: Ic5bcfb6b32282a7e0628232b1dc4cd60f3f2da52
---
 gnu/packages/python.scm | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 12a5148cb1..3ad4c5d5e7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (guix gexp)
   #:use-module (guix packages)
   #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix search-paths)
   #:use-module (guix utils)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (guix build-system trivial)
@@ -424,6 +425,7 @@ (define-public python-3.10
     (inherit python-2)
     (name "python")
     (version "3.10.7")
+    (replacement python-3.10/fixed)
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/"
@@ -590,6 +592,7 @@ (define-public python-3.10
            inputs)))
     (native-search-paths
      (list (guix-pythonpath-search-path version)
+           $SSL_CERT_FILE
            ;; Used to locate tzdata by the zoneinfo module introduced in
            ;; Python 3.9.
            (search-path-specification
@@ -982,6 +985,70 @@ (define-public python-3.12
     (properties '((cpe-name . "python")))
     (license license:psfl)))
 
+(define python-3.10/fixed
+  (package
+    (inherit python-3.10)
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments python-3.10)
+       ((#:phases phases)
+        #~(modify-phases #$phases
+            ;; Also remove the bundled CA certificates.
+            ;; TODO: Rename this phase when merging back into python.
+            (replace 'remove-windows-binaries
+              (lambda _
+                ;; Delete .exe from embedded .whl (zip) files
+                (for-each
+                 (lambda (whl)
+                   (let ((dir "whl-content")
+                         (circa-1980 (* 10 366 24 60 60)))
+                     (mkdir-p dir)
+                     (with-directory-excursion dir
+                       (let ((whl (string-append "../" whl)))
+                         (invoke "unzip" whl)
+                         (for-each delete-file
+                                   (find-files "." "\\.exe$"))
+                         (delete-file whl)
+
+                         ;; Search for cacert.pem, delete it, and rewrite the
+                         ;; file which directs python to look for it.
+                         (let ((cacert (find-files "." "cacert\\.pem")))
+                           (unless (null? cacert)
+                             (let ((certifi (dirname (car cacert))))
+                               (delete-file (string-append certifi "/cacert.pem"))
+                               (delete-file (string-append certifi "/core.py"))
+                               (with-output-to-file (string-append certifi "/core.py")
+                                 (lambda _
+                                   (display "\"\"\"
+certifi.py
+~~~~~~~~~~
+This module returns the installation location of SSL_CERT_FILE or
+/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt, or its contents.
+\"\"\"
+import os
+
+_CA_CERTS = None
+
+try:
+    _CA_CERTS = os.environ [\"SSL_CERT_FILE\"]
+except:
+    _CA_CERTS = os.path.join(\"/etc\", \"ssl\", \"certs\", \"ca-certificates.crt\")
+
+def where() -> str:
+    return _CA_CERTS
+
+def contents() -> str:
+    with open(where(), \"r\", encoding=\"ascii\") as data:
+        return data.read()"))))))
+
+                         ;; Reset timestamps to prevent them from ending
+                         ;; up in the Zip archive.
+                         (ftw "." (lambda (file stat flag)
+                                    (utime file circa-1980 circa-1980)
+                                    #t))
+                         (apply invoke "zip" "-X" whl
+                                (find-files "." #:directories? #t))))
+                     (delete-file-recursively dir)))
+                 (find-files "Lib/ensurepip" "\\.whl$"))))))))))
 
 ;; Next 3.x version.
 (define-public python-next python-3.12)
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