Missing `perl` dependency for `openssl` (T9220)

Silke (#silke), 2020-07-26 11:36:20 UTC

The openssl package includes a Perl script for updating the SSL certificates (/usr/bin/c_rehash). This script is required for updating the SSL certificates. This means that SSL can be broken if perl is not installed.

The issue can be reproduced on a clean install of 4.1 with (at least) perl removed. The output below is from a system containing only system.base:

# eopkg up -y
Updating repositories
<snip>
 [✗] Updating SSL certificates                                           failed

A copy of the command output follows:

/usr/bin/env: ‘perl’: No such file or directory
<snip>

# eopkg it -y ripgrep # or any other package
Following packages will be installed:
pcre2  ripgrep
Total size of package(s): 1.59 MB
Downloading 1 / 2
Package pcre2 found in repository Solus
Program terminated.
Could not fetch destination file "https://mirrors.rit.edu/solus/packages/shannon/p/pcre2/pcre2-10.34-8-1-x86_64.eopkg": [Errno 14] curl#60 - "SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain"
Please use 'eopkg help' for general help.

Fixing this requires downloading gdbm and perl over HTTP:

# curl -s -o perl.eopkg "http://mirrors.rit.edu/solus/packages/unstable/p/perl/perl-22-24-1-x86_64.delta.eopkg"
# curl -s -o gdbm.eopkg "http://mirrors.rit.edu/solus/packages/shannon/g/gdbm/gdbm-1.18.1-7-1-x86_64.eopkg"
# eopkg it gdbm.eopkg perl.eopkg
<snip>
[✓] Updating SSL certificates                                          success
<snip>