Le mercredi 26 octobre 2016 03:12:04 UTC+2, Volker Braun a écrit : > > One issue with curl is that you sooner or later will need the root > certificates to use it, namely when you start downloading from a https > site. E.g. in hashstack I recently added the root certs: > > https://github.com/hashdist/hashstack/issues/969 > > This issue already faces us with openssl but since we actually don't use > it much we could avoid it so far. But when replacing curl in the PATH we > are going to run into that issue. >
This issue is *distinct* from the one I'm trying to solve (iL e. satisfy R's prerequisites). Should't you open a relevant ticket ? > > I would be happy with adding curl (and up-to-date root certificates) to > the list of system requirements for building Sage and avoid that can of > worms. > That would be a good solution, but a bit at ill ease with the "batteries included" motto. Ditto for possible addition of xz and pcre. > > PS: and no, you can't use the OS-provided certs, since Apple had to cook > their own sauce once more. > <Sigh...> BTW, what is the point of buying an expensive Mac for running Sage ? -- Emmanuel Charpentier > > > On Monday, October 24, 2016 at 6:09:24 AM UTC-4, Emmanuel Charpentier > wrote: >> >> It looks like curl <https://curl.haxx.se/>, which was formerly installed >> by R installation, must now be installed >> <https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-admin.html#Essential-programs-and-libraries> >> >> in order to install R. >> >> One can note that a problem will rarely exists, since most Sage users >> have curl installed in their system. However, a user having only sage >> installed (e. g. Sage's virtual machine for Windows) will see it... >> >> If we want to keep R a standard package, we have to either >> >> - patch R and add curl's installation (heavy : the R core Team threw >> the towel on it), >> - add curl to Sage's prerequisites (lighter to us, but still heavy to >> the users), >> - or make it a standard package, on which R must depend. >> >> >> The latter solution has my reference(much simpler). >> >> What is yours ? >> >> -- >> Emmanuel Charpentier >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
