Re: Problem cloning at GitHub using HTTPS

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

noloader%gmail.com@localhost (Jeffrey Walton) writes:

>> >> Did you run the following:
>> >>  # mozilla-rootcerts install
>> >> After installing the package?
>> > No.
>> >

>How can I configure pkg_add to do all the extra work? Users should not
>have to do this stuff manually. The man page does not discuss these
>extra steps.

The package is made for a Mozilla browser (firefox, etc..). The script
is an early attempt to provide the certs for openssl too.

For your case install the package mozilla-root-certs-openssl. Same certs,
but configured for openssl.


>It is 2020. I am a firm believer the tools should do the work for me.
>I don't work for the tools.

Other people believe that tools should not make decisions for you,
instead they should give you choices.

There is probably a middle ground.

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