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From:
Lloyd <ng2d68@proton.me>
Subject:
Re: /etc/ssl/cert.pem : concatenate system and local files
To:
Sebastien Marie <semarie@kapouay.eu.org>
Cc:
tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Fri, 22 May 2026 20:25:27 +0000

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Sebastien Marie wrote:

> > 4. With this tucked away into /etc/rc, what is the official update
> > procedure to regenerate cert.pem when adding a certificate?
> >
> > 5. where in the man pages do we note the existence of cert.local.pem?
> 
> nowhere at this stage. the diff is more a proof-of-concept asking for
> comments than something to be commited as it.

It's more of a discussion starter as to where that would potentially belong.
Maybe a new man page for cert.pem(5)?

Does it make sense making this part of /etc/rc vs calling out to a script
in /usr/libexec that does the generation of cert.pem (which a user can
run manually when making updates)?

Regards
Lloyd