From 63657335554eba6c70828b105a19ba7236f6ba2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 23:37:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Document certificate environment variable needed for R. * doc/guix.texi (X.509 Certificates): Document R as a special case. --- doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 43ed051493..0b2742c6d9 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -14932,6 +14932,19 @@ $ export SSL_CERT_FILE="$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" $ export GIT_SSL_CAINFO="$SSL_CERT_FILE" @end example +As another example, R requires the @code{CURL_CA_BUNDLE} environment +variable to point to a certificate bundle, so you would have to run +something like this: + +@example +$ guix package -i nss-certs +$ export CURL_CA_BUNDLE="$HOME/.guix-profile/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt" +@end example + +For other applications you may want to look up the required environment +variable in the relevant documentation. + + @node Name Service Switch @subsection Name Service Switch