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77d6f265802b7ca0c7f8eb994c884bf5533aeab2 — Florian Pelz 3 years ago 80afe9f
doc: Regarding SSL certs, clarify when we write about Guix System.

Rationale: Even though the section 'X.509 Certificates' is part of the
System Configuration chapter, readers might also come here from a
cross-reference when reading about Application Setup on a foreign
distro.

* doc/guix.texi (System Configuration)[X.509 Certificates]: Clarify.
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M doc/guix.texi => doc/guix.texi +7 -6
@@ 60,7 60,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2018, 2021 Oleg Pykhalov@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Mike Gerwitz@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Pierre-Antoine Rouby@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018, 2019 Gábor Boskovits@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 Florian Pelz@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 Florian Pelz@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Laura Lazzati@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Alex Vong@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2019 Josh Holland@*


@@ 38696,11 38696,12 @@ However, most other programs that can talk HTTPS---@command{wget},
certificates can be found.

@cindex @code{nss-certs}
In Guix, this is done by adding a package that provides certificates
to the @code{packages} field of the @code{operating-system} declaration
(@pxref{operating-system Reference}).  Guix includes one such package,
@code{nss-certs}, which is a set of CA certificates provided as part of
Mozilla's Network Security Services.
For users of Guix System, this is done by adding a package that
provides certificates to the @code{packages} field of the
@code{operating-system} declaration (@pxref{operating-system
Reference}).  Guix includes one such package, @code{nss-certs}, which
is a set of CA certificates provided as part of Mozilla's Network
Security Services.

Note that it is @emph{not} part of @code{%base-packages}, so you need to
explicitly add it.  The @file{/etc/ssl/certs} directory, which is where