Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello!
>
> Marius Bakke <mba...@fastmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Marius Bakke <mba...@fastmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> ng0 <n...@libertad.pw> writes:
>>>
>>>> * gnu/packages/curl.scm (curl)[arguments]: Add "--with-ca-bundle" 
>>>> configure flag.
>
> [...]
>
>> I realized shortly after posting why this wasn't done already. Curl has
>> 1403 dependent packages, which would apply for "nss-certs" as well if
>> that is added as input. Obviously we want to be able to update TLS
>> certificates quickly without rebuilding ~1/4 of the tree.
>
> Indeed.  It’s a situation where we do not want to have a static binding
> between cURL and nss-certs; instead, they should be composed
> dynamically, along the lines of what we already recommend at:
>
>   
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/X_002e509-Certificates.html

Curl respects the variable "CURL_CA_BUNDLE". I think we could add a
"native-search-path" for that, similar to how it's done for "git".

ng0, can you try that?

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