node-gyp does not honor npm's cafile config

[mschnee]

See this persistent issue: nodejs/node#3742

[bnoordhuis]

Fixed in 8c4b0ff which was released in v3.3.0 in February. Node.js v4.4.3 and v5.10.0 were the first releases to carry that version.

[coke]

If it's a command line option, then it's not going to work for multiple developers on the same project with different configs. Can we get it to respect an environment variable and/or npm's config where it's already set?

[bnoordhuis]

@coke That's been the case since day one, see the linked commit log.

[gibfahn]

For posterity/people who don't want to click the link:

export npm_config_cafile=/path/to/ca.crt

[coke]

sigh. I swear I tried that env var last night; in the harsh light of the morning, It works fine.

Thank you very much for your patient reply.

[factoidforrest]

Extremely odd to have a lower case env var like that

[gibfahn]

Extremely odd to have a lower case env var like that

You can also do:

export NPM_CONFIG_CAFILE=/path/to/ca.crt