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Date:      Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:14:53 +0100
From:      Shaun Amott <shaun@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: current ports Mk make fetch calls wget fails to support schemes
Message-ID:  <20100903211452.GA71315@charon.picobyte.net>
In-Reply-To: <201008311739.o7VHdWDY048477@fire.js.berklix.net>
References:  <201008311739.o7VHdWDY048477@fire.js.berklix.net>

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On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 07:39:32PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
>=20
> make fetch used to call src/ BSD licensed fetch
> it now calls FSF GNU licensed wget,
> You can see why it fails with=20
> 	cd sysutils/tarsnap ; make fetch-list
>=20
> Even after one has found where=20
> 	Unsupported scheme
> comes from & tried to work round it with make.conf assertion of
> 	FETCH_BINARY=3D/usr/bin/fetch
> as shown in bsd.port.mk
> /usr/src/usr.bin/fetch is still not used.
>=20
> 	Revert Mk invocation back to longer invoke FSF/GNU licensed
> 	wget & instead again invoke BSD licensed src/ provided fetch,
> 	until such time as wget might be capable of offering all
> 	schemes BSD fetch already does.
>=20

fetch is still used by ports, it's just that the tarsnap port overrides
it and uses wget. The Makefile says "Workaround for bug in libfetch(3)";
perhaps it has something to do with the self-signed certificate employed
on the master site.

Try FETCH_CMD if you want to force the use of fetch.

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Shaun Amott // PGP: 0x6B387A9A
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin
of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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