Re: Cannot git-clone pkgsrc: SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 11 May 2019 at 17:28, Ottavio Caruso
<ottavio2006-usenet2012%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Is it just me? I've just compiled devel/git from a local .tar.gz of
> pkgsrc. I then deleted the local branch and tried to clone it with the
> newly installed git:
>
> $ git clone https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc.git -b pkgsrc-2019Q1
> --depth=1   pkgsrc-2019Q1
> Cloning into 'pkgsrc-2019Q1'...
> fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc.git/': SSL
> certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
>
> Is this intended behaviour? The only workaround is to change "https" with "git":
>
> $ git clone git://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc.git -b pkgsrc-2019Q1
> --depth=1   pkgsrc-2019Q1
> Cloning into 'pkgsrc-2019Q1'...
> remote: Enumerating objects: 122608, done.
> remote: Counting objects: 100% (122608/122608), done.
> remote: Compressing objects: 100% (101129/101129), done.
>
> Any ideas? Where would one get github.com ssl certificates?
>

I should have added: my system is Linux Mint Debian Edition Cindy. I
suspect this has to do with curl using a different branch of *ssl from
the Linux native one. Again: any ideas?

Thanks


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Ottavio Caruso