Sorry, sending again, with (hopefully) better subject and reformatted lines.

RE: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/6566#comment:2

Replying to [comment:2 pierre.labastie]:
> I have a problem with the "https" part:
> when using wget, I get:
> {{{
> --2015-06-07 13:15:57--
> https://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/source/apache-ant-1.9.5-src.tar.bz2
> Resolving archive.apache.org... 140.211.11.131, 192.87.106.229,
> 2001:610:1:80bc:192:87:106:229
> Connecting to archive.apache.org|140.211.11.131|:443... connected.
> ERROR: cannot verify archive.apache.org's certificate, issued by
> 'CN=Thawte SSL CA,O=Thawte\\, Inc.,C=US':
>   Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
> To connect to archive.apache.org insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'.
> }}}
> It work with firefox. I have the latest cacerts from anduin installed.

ISTR that I had the same problem, but forgot about it.

Solution he found was to reinstall wget with gnutls support.

We could add a comment in "Command Explanations"/"--with-ssl=openssl"

But reading the ticket raised by Bruce and closed by Pierre, there is an
indication already raised by Pierre:

RE: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/6202#comment:7

Replying to [comment:7 pierre.labastie]:
> One more thing: When valgrind is used for tests, the tests using SSL
> fail if openssl is used (some memory leak in libcrypto), while they do
> not fail if gnutls is used. Should we move to recommend gnutls rather
> than openssl? That also removes one switch from the configure
> instructions...

I think Pierre is right, but still, shouldn't we also "unrecommend"
openssl or remove it from the page, or state that it breaks wget?

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