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bug#25422: GIT_SSL_CAINFO set incorrectly
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#25422: GIT_SSL_CAINFO set incorrectly |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:51:57 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Mekeor Melire <address@hidden> skribis:
>> > Adding an option to `search-path-specification' seems like a good idea.
>> > Still, I wonder what this snippet from (gnu system) does:
>> >
>> > (define (operating-system-environment-variables os)
>> > "Return the environment variables of OS for
>> > @var{session-environment-service-type}, to be used in
>> > @file{/etc/environment}."
>> > `(("LANG" . ,(operating-system-locale os))
>> > ("TZ" . ,(operating-system-timezone os))
>> > ("TZDIR" . ,(file-append tzdata "/share/zoneinfo"))
>> > ;; Tell 'modprobe' & co. where to look for modules.
>> > ("LINUX_MODULE_DIRECTORY" .
>> > "/run/booted-system/kernel/lib/modules")
>> > ;; These variables are honored by OpenSSL (libssl) and Git.
>> > ("SSL_CERT_DIR" . "/etc/ssl/certs")
>> > ("SSL_CERT_FILE" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
>> > ("GIT_SSL_CAINFO" . "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
>>
>> It defines the content of /etc/environment.
>
> Is there any reason why GIT_SSL_CAINFO has to be set without Git being
> installed?
>
> I mean, I think the variable just shouldn't be set in /etc/environment by
> default. It should be set as soon as Git is installed, IMHO.
You are right in principle.
This variable was added in 78ab0746a5, and I think the justification was
convenience and to have things that work out of the box:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00128.html
That’s also an important property. :-)
Ludo’.