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author | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2023-03-28 13:51:04 +0200 |
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committer | Florian Pelz <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> | 2023-04-10 19:47:38 +0200 |
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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.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
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 |