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From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
Reply-To: conrads@cox.net
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc: portmgr@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <20040715211406.GA32119@xor.obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: bsd.port.mk assumes "fetch" as FETCH_CMD

>Number:         69136
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Re: bsd.port.mk assumes "fetch" as FETCH_CMD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 16 02:40:20 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jul 17 20:27:53 GMT 2004
>Last-Modified:  Sat Jul 17 20:27:53 GMT 2004
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 On 15-Jul-2004 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 10:09:05AM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
 >> 
 >> >Submitter-Id:       current-users
 >> >Originator: Conrad J. Sabatier
 >> >Organization:
 >> >Confidential:       no
 >> >Synopsis:   bsd.port.mk assumes "fetch" as FETCH_CMD
 >> >Severity:   non-critical
 >> >Priority:   low
 >> >Category:   ports
 >> >Class:              sw-bug
 >> >Release:    FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT amd64
 >> >Environment:
 >> 
 >> System: FreeBSD dolphin.local.net 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT
 >> #0: Mon Jul 12 12:24:32 CDT 2004 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM
 >> #amd64
 >> 
 >> >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?
 
 -- 
 Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 17 20:27:18 GMT 2004 
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Responsible-Changed-From-To: gnats-admin->freebsd-ports-bugs 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Jul 17 20:27:18 GMT 2004 
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http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69136 
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