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Date:      10 Mar 2001 18:34:13 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@thinksec.com>
To:        Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
Cc:        Stephane.Lentz@ansf.alcatel.fr, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: curl 7.6.1 port : HTTP proxy not working
Message-ID:  <xzpn1atfrze.fsf@aes.thinksec.com>
In-Reply-To: Peter Pentchev's message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:40:36 %2B0200"
References:  <20010309152555.A25496@nickfury.netfr.alcatel.fr> <xzpae6ultbx.fsf@aes.thinksec.com> <20010309200832.A25927@nickfury.netfr.alcatel.fr> <xzp1ys6lp76.fsf@aes.thinksec.com> <xzpvgphkdlc.fsf@aes.thinksec.com> <20010310164036.A400@ringworld.oblivion.bg>

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Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> writes:
> I don't know about downloading, but fetch(1) does not support uploads,
> at least not that I'm aware of.

That's why it's called fetch(1) :)

>                                 Besides, fetch(1) is more or less
> FreeBSD-specific, and people with that Finnish-OS background might be
> used to curl syntax already, or may choose to use the same tool under
> various OS's.

Yep - that Finnish OS is normally distributed with a C library that's
too broken for libfetch to even build on that system.

> I don't think this counts as 'much more powerful', but curl sure does
> have some strong points (whereas fetch(1) unarguably has others :)

I was actually hoping to hear something like "curl can fetch this file
but fetch(1) can't" so that I could sit down with the code for an hour
or two and then answer back "it can now" :)

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@thinksec.com

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