On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 04:56:59PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > * gnu/packages/web.scm (r-curl)[arguments]: Add phase > "allow-CURL_CA_BUNDLE". > --- > gnu/packages/web.scm | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm > index 87bc3e2..321a250 100644 > --- a/gnu/packages/web.scm > +++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm > @@ -3168,6 +3168,19 @@ applications.") > (base32 > "1p24bcaf1wbfdi1r9ibyyp0l0zp4kzs4g3srv8vikz93hycm1qa6")))) > (build-system r-build-system) > + (arguments > + `(#:phases > + (modify-phases %standard-phases > + ;; The environment variable CURL_CA_BUNDLE is only respected when > + ;; running Windows, so we disable the platform checks.
It seems like a weird restriction. Could you see what the upstream maintainers think about making this change?