1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M gnu/packages/gnutls.scm

@@ 81,7 81,17 @@ specifications.")
      '(#:configure-flags
        (list (string-append "--with-guile-site-dir="
                             (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                            "/share/guile/site/2.0"))))
+                            "/share/guile/site/2.0")
+             ;; GnuTLS doesn't consult any environment variables to specify
+             ;; the location of the system-wide trust store.  Instead it has a
+             ;; configure-time option.  Unless specified, its configure script
+             ;; attempts to auto-detect the location by looking for common
+             ;; places in the filesystem, none of which are present in our
+             ;; chroot build environment.  If not found, then no default trust
+             ;; store is used, so each program has to provide its own
+             ;; fallback, and users have to configure each program
+             ;; independently.  This seems suboptimal.
+             "--with-default-trust-store-dir=/etc/ssl/certs")))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (inputs