From 309d8294e93ddf46eb690e7cf4202857ad5f7f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Pelz Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:51:04 +0200 Subject: 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. --- doc/guix.texi | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index ed42488882..fa6c9f46a3 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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 -- cgit 1.4.1