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Date:      Sun, 30 Apr 2000 01:15:07 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fetch(1)
Message-ID:  <20000430011507.A22035@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <xzp4s8lqde8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
References:  <xzp4s8lqde8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> I've had a fetch(3)-based version of fetch(1) in my tree for nearly a
> year... It implements all options except:
> 
>  -A (libfetch currently does not follow redirects, this may change
>     when I rewrite the http code)
> 
>  -b (libfetch does not use code that triggers the bug in question)
> 
>  -r (libfetch doesn't know about offsets, but I plan to change that
>     soon)

I for one would rather at least -r were implemented before replacing the
current fetch(1).  Is your fetch(3)-based version available for download
anywhere?  Other than that I don't really see any problems.

-- 
Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D




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