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     Re: Installing manually obtai   
     By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Mon Feb 16 2026 09:27 am   
      
    > >  > Back to the letsyncrypt bug... after reading up on how Let's Encrypt   
    > >  > works,   
    > >  > I can figure out the following:   
    >   
    > >  > (1) at some point, letsyncrypt hit an error that it either reported or   
    > >  > didn't know what to do with;   
    > >  > (2) after that, it kept reporting '0' even though it was *not* working   
    > >  > (BUG!);   
    >   
    > > letsyncrypt doesn't re-request a signed-certificate every time you run it.   
    > > It has built-in expiration for the cert and will do *nothing* if you just   
    > > run it without any options, until the cert times out or you specify an   
    > > option to forc   
    > > it do something. That's not a "BUG!".   
    >   
    > What you are saying here assumes there was a signed cert in place with an   
    > expiration.  The problem is that there wasn't one because letsyncrypt   
    > at some point failed to get one.   
      
   There was self-signed certificate.   
      
    > No signed-certificate = no expiration date = "doing *nothing*" = BUG!   
    >   
    > It should keep trying to get one until it is successful.  If it isn't = BUG!   
      
   Perhaps. I wouldn't be so sure until the problem is actually root-cause. But   
   you sure seem sure.   
      
    > There is no reason for me to bother with it now. haproxy saved the day and,   
    > because it reads the pem files directly instead of requiring them to be   
    > converted into some nonsense format (that can only be generated by buggy   
    > letsyncrypt), it is easier to use and figure out.   
      
   So I guess we'll never know if there was a BUG! or not. Great. Thanks so much.   
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