[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/2] libalpm: Add dlclientcert and dlclientkey options.

Eli Schwartz eschwartz at archlinux.org
Wed Nov 14 16:51:09 UTC 2018


On 11/14/18 11:37 AM, Maarten de Vries wrote:
> These patches add support for client certificates to alpm and pacman.
> 
> This can already be achieved currently by setting an XferCommand,
> but doing so significantly reduces the quality of the feedback pacman
> gives during the downloads. Especially annoying are the 404 errors on
> most database signature files, but that's not the only issue.
> 
> I admit this is a bit of an edge case, but I find myself in the
> situation where I have to download packages from a private repository
> that requires a valid client certificate. I really want the nice regular
> pacman feedback back though, so I figured I'd hack it in myself.
Surely this can also be achieved by adding the certificate to your
system certificate store?

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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