See https://bugs.gentoo.org/358081


diff -ruN LWP-Protocol-https-6.06.orig/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm LWP-Protocol-https-6.06/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm
--- LWP-Protocol-https-6.06.orig/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm	2014-04-18 18:33:26.000000000 +0200
+++ LWP-Protocol-https-6.06/lib/LWP/Protocol/https.pm	2014-10-27 00:04:50.604802937 +0100
@@ -25,25 +25,7 @@
     }
     if ($ssl_opts{SSL_verify_mode}) {
 	unless (exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} || exists $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_path}) {
-	    eval {
-		require Mozilla::CA;
-	    };
-	    if ($@) {
-		if ($@ =! /^Can't locate Mozilla\/CA\.pm/) {
-		    $@ = <<'EOT';
-Can't verify SSL peers without knowing which Certificate Authorities to trust
-
-This problem can be fixed by either setting the PERL_LWP_SSL_CA_FILE
-environment variable or by installing the Mozilla::CA module.
-
-To disable verification of SSL peers set the PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME
-environment variable to 0.  If you do this you can't be sure that you
-communicate with the expected peer.
-EOT
-		}
-		die $@;
-	    }
-	    $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_file} = Mozilla::CA::SSL_ca_file();
+	    $ssl_opts{SSL_ca_path} = '/etc/ssl/certs';
 	}
     }
     $self->{ssl_opts} = \%ssl_opts;