I think curl sources all of /etc/ssl/certs, because it seems to be fine: 

core@localhost /etc/ssl $ ls -l /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
ls: cannot access /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt: No such file or directory
core@localhost /etc/ssl $ curl https://google.com
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