From kris@obsecurity.org  Fri Jul 16 03:12:34 2004
Return-Path: <kris@obsecurity.org>
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id E74B316A4CE; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 03:12:34 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from ylpvm43.prodigy.net (ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.74])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id A784B43D49; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 03:12:34 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-64-169-107-19.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.169.107.19])
	by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6G3CWj2028621;
	Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:12:33 -0400
Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 4E5B352B43; Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:12:30 -0700 (PDT)
Message-Id: <20040716031230.GA50509@xor.obsecurity.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:12:30 -0700
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, portmgr@freebsd.org,
	FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20040715213446.conrads@cox.net>
Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk assumes "fetch" as FETCH_CMD
References: <20040715211406.GA32119@xor.obsecurity.org> <XFMail.20040715213446.conrads@cox.net>

>Number:         69137
>Category:       junk
>Synopsis:       Re: bsd.port.mk assumes "fetch" as FETCH_CMD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 16 03:20:18 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jul 17 20:28:38 GMT 2004
>Last-Modified:  Sat Jul 17 20:28:38 GMT 2004
>Originator:     
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
 On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:34:46PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
 
 > >> >Description:
 > >>      The following section in bsd.port.mk's do-fetch: target renders
 > >>      using any
 > >>      FETCH_CMD other than the default "fetch" impossible.
 > > 
 > > That's pretty much as intended..other download clients aren't
 > > supported.  I don't think we should bend over backwards to do so
 > > either.  At any rate, someone would need to propose a patch to take
 > > this PR further.
 > > 
 > > Kris
 > 
 > Hmm.  There was a time when it was possible to use, say, wget as the
 > FETCH_CMD, but not anymore.
 > 
 > The name seems to imply that you should be able to substitute whatever
 > fetch command you like.  If not, what is the point in even having it?
 
 AFAIK, so you can use fetch in a different patch or use different args
 to fetch:
 
 # FETCH_CMD             - Full path to ftp/http fetch command if not in $PATH
 #                                 (default: "/usr/bin/fetch -ARr").
 
 Kris
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 17 20:28:05 GMT 2004 
State-Changed-Why:  
Misfiled followup to ports/69104. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->freebsd-ports-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jul 17 20:28:05 GMT 2004 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69137 
>Unformatted:
