Hi Austin,
The error is very cryptic...currently only shows up on OpenSolaris and FreeBSD (if /usr/ports/security/ca_root_nss isn't installed). It apparently also shows up on some Linux distributions that don't ship OpenSSL with any certificates.
While the error may be cryptic, it shows a real bug: we don't support the correct root certificate location on OpenSolaris. As I said earlier, adding a warning that isn't applicable most of the time doesn't seem like an appropriate fix. --Juan