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Re: security/ca-certificates



Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 07:24:36PM +0300, Kimmo Suominen wrote:
>> I respectfully object to removing ca-certificates, as it is the only
>> available package for managing certificates on NetBSD for the system
>> OpenSSL in a way that allows using multiple sources, including local
>> CAs.
>
> Nobody is mandated to install a package, therefore the biggest
> problem would be the package name which is said to compell installation
> too much. Perhaps renaming would make everybodu happy?

It might also be reasonable to consider adding ca-certificates-openssl
that installs to the active openssl etcdir, and having ca-certificates
just install someplace where they could be used.  That way there's be
parallel structure with mozilla-rootcerts.

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