provide latest OS root certificates via port?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Nov 7, 2021, at 06:23, Christopher Jones wrote:
> 
>>> it uses the libcurl support compiled into macports base, which
>>> defaults to using the system curl. To change that you need to rebuild
>>> base against an updated lib curl.
>> 
>> Is that something that can be made to happen for all users by the creation
>> of a new version of something (e.g., tclsh or whatever is linking against
>> that library)?
> 
> Having Macports base ship and build against its own copy of curl by default is something that has been discussed previously. I think a fair summary is there is no consensus as to if it is the right thing to do.

The discussion about that is at https://trac.macports.org/ticket/51516