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

[Kei Kebreau]

Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> writes:

> Marius Bakke <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> 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.

Here's the search path patch. With this, I needed both nss-certs and
cURL installed alongside Octave to get certificates working.

0001-gnu-curl-Add-a-search-path-for-CURLOPT_CAPATH.patch
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