fetch(3): Authentication error when URL https://

[Olivier Duchateau]

2012/9/6 O. Hartmann <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de>:
> Hello.
>
> Creating a port, I need to fectch sources from a site whos URL is
> https://xxx.xxx.xxx.
>
> Doing so, I end up with an "Authentication error". This makes the fetch
> process in the port's Makefile impossible.
>
> I tried to fetch the source tar-ball via "wget(1)", but this also fails,
> wget suggests to use option --no-check-certificate:
>
> Connecting to launchpad.net (launchpad.net)|91.189.89.223|:443... connected.
> ERROR: cannot verify launchpad.net's certificate, issued by
> `/C=US/ST=Arizona/L=Scottsdale/O=GoDaddy.com,
> Inc./OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository/CN=Go Daddy Secure
> Certification Authority/serialNumber=07969287':
>   Self-signed certificate encountered.
> To connect to launchpad.net insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.

Add in Makefile

FETCH_ARGS= -p

>
>
> Doing so succeeds. Is there a possibility to enable this
> --no-check-certificate" with fetch, too?
>
> Regards,
> Oliver
>



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olivier