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Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: don't ignore download_po_files failure.
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] bootstrap: don't ignore download_po_files failure. |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2010 08:14:06 +0200 |
Eric Blake wrote:
> On 05/03/2010 02:28 PM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote:
>> I have noticed this error today while I was on a network with a silly
>> firewall that blocked rsync. I think `bootstrap' should fail in this
>> case.
>
> Even nicer would be to have a fallback to wget that goes through http in
> the case when rsync fails. But that can come at a later date;
Or simpler still, refer people to the section of the rsync manual
that tells how to use RSYNC_CONNECT_PROG to sidestep the firewall.