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

[Kei Kebreau]

Marius Bakke <address@hidden> writes:

> Kei Kebreau <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> [...]
>
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/curl.scm b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
>> index 6d45dc0cc..8bdba8655 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/curl.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/curl.scm
>> @@ -83,7 +83,10 @@
>>             (variable "CURL_CA_BUNDLE")
>>             (file-type 'regular)
>>             (separator #f)                         ;single entry
>> -           (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))))
>> +           (files '("etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")))
>> +          (search-path-specification
>> +           (variable "CURLOPT_CAPATH")
>> +           (files '("etc/ssl/certs")))))
>
> Adding this native-search-path to the "octave" package should be
> sufficient.  Then you won't need curl in the profile, nor do we need to
> rebuild all the things that depend on curl.  Can you try that?

Adding the native-search-path to the "octave" package works!

>
> Thanks for fixing this issue :-)

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