Re: [Bug-wget] the gnu.org wget manual

[Micah Cowan]

On 06/21/2012 04:08 PM, John wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> After looking at the manual for wget while online here
> "https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html";, I created the
> following command to download it:
> 
> wget --secure-protocol=auto --convert-links --page-requisites
> --append-output=c:\logging\wget\wget.log --server-response
> --read-timeout=600 www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/wget.html
> 
> The command failed and the log explained that it could not verify the CA
> certificate from Gandi. I looked at the Gandi site to see about
> downloading it, but I couldn't find any link for it. Then I sent an
> email to the webmaster at "gnu.org", and he promptly responded with this
> link, "http://crt.gandi.net/GandiStandardSSLCA.crt";.  I downloaded that
> certificate and let Windows install it in the default location of its
> choice. I am using 64-bit Win7.
> 
> I then ran the same command, but nothing different happened.

Have you tried the --ca-certificate=... option? If it doesn't work
against the Gandi-specific cert, you might also try the cert at
root/bin/cacert.pem that seems to have been included.

-mjc