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First, list in the docs all the steps that HTTP::Tiny takes to find the cert file. Second, when HTTP::Tiny tried something and gave up, tell the user what it tried.
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If no one wants to act on this PR, I'll close it. |
abraxxa
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Oct 13, 2023
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Can we get these improvements merged? 🙏🏻 |
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It's been awhile, so here's the patch file in case I delete my fork. Typically, I don't let these things linger because it makes a mess of the things I have to track. |
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I ran into a hiccup where something using HTTP::Tiny found a wrong SSL_CERT_FILE environment variable I had. After setting up a new machine with the latest OpenSSL, that file ended up under a different prefix without updating the environment.
HTTP::Tiny can do more to track down this sort of error.
First, in the docs that lay out how HTTP::Tiny finds the cert file, it missed the first step (SSL_options), and also didn't say that a defined but missing SSL_CERT_FILE would stop the process. I fixed that.
I also improved the error message a little so people will know in which step HTTP::Tiny failed.
I don't particularly care about how I typed it out, so change it as appropriate for whatever other concerns you have.
Some previous threads (chansen/p5-http-tiny#151, chansen/p5-http-tiny#152, metacpan/MetaCPAN-Client#117, metacpan/MetaCPAN-Client#82)